EBP/Cooperative/Allium stellatum

Allium stellatum

• Common names: Wild onion, Autumn onion, Prairie onion, Glade onion,
• Names used by indigenous peoples: mashkode-zhi, agaagawanzh, agaagawanzhiig, bagwaji-zhi (Anishinabe)
• Wikipedia: Allium
• Wikispecies: Allium stellatum

Medicinal uses

Root/bulb

• For the treatment of colds: A syrup or decoction, usually sweetened, was used by the Anishinabe to treat the common cold, especially in children. ^[1]

Food uses

Root/bulb

• Edible: The entire plant is edible raw, boiled, etc. and has been used as a food source by many different peoples.

Other

Whole plant

• As toy: The entire plant was used as a toy by Anishinabe children.^[2]

References

1. ↑ Plants Used by the Great Lakes Ojibwa by the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Commission, ISBN 0-9665820-1-2
2. ↑ Native American Ethnobotany