Tapertip onion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Alliaceae Genus: Allium Species: A. acuminatum
Binomial name
Allium acuminatum

Allium acuminatum , also known as the tapertip onion or hooker's onion, a species in the genus Allium and is native to the Western United States and Canada. Its bulbs are small and spherical and smell like onions.^[1] The flowers are pink to purple on a long stem which appear after the leaves have died.

The onions were eaten by first peoples in southern British Columbia. They were harvested in either early spring or late fall and usually cooked in pits.^[1]

References

1. ^{a b} Turner, Nancy J. Food Plants of Interior First Peoples (Victoria: UBC Press, 1997) ISBN 0-7748-0606-0

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Allium acuminatum". Image Credit.

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