Allium Species

Wild Onions

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Scientific Name: Allium species

Common Name(s): Field Garlic, onion grass, Wild Garlic, wild onion, Wild Onions or Nodding Wild Onions

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: root, leaf

Logos 13 Aug, 2008	CAUTION--There are several plants with onionlike bulbs that are extremely poisonous. Be certain that the plant you are using is a true onion or garlic. Do not eat bulbs with no onion smell.
Current Rating: 0.5000

Rick
23 Jul, 2008

widespread, familiar plants with grass-like basal leaves and small 6-petaled flowers. Note the odor of onions. All species are edible. Use as cooked vegetable, pickle, salad, seasoning, cooked green. The underground bulbs are excellent boiled, pickled, added to salads or used as a seasoning. The tender leaves (before the flower stalks appear) can be cooked as greens along with the bulbs or added raw to salads. The green bulblets that form after the flowers bloom on Wild Garlic can be made into outstinding pickles. Do not confuse Field Garlic with Wild Garlic; although its parts are quite edible, they cause a lingering odor similar to that of commercial garlic. Leaves are best in the spring, bulblets in the summer and the bulbs can be harvested all year. Wild onion is pictured.

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wildWoman 31 Jul, 2008	Juice from the bulbs is antiseptic, can be used to disinfect minor wounds (but will sting).
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Logos
13 Aug, 2008

Description: Allium cernuum is an example of the many species of wild onions and garlics, all easily recognized by their distinctive odor. Habitat and Distribution: Wild onions and garlics are found in open, sunny areas throughout the temperate regions. Cultivated varieties are found anywhere in the world. Edible Parts: The bulbs and young leaves are edible raw or cooked. Use in soup or to flavor meat.

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Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Other Uses: Eating large quantities of onions will give your body an odor that will help to repel insects. Garlic juice works as an antibiotic on wounds.
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mariemorris1221 6 May, 2012	Wild onions have rather flat leaves but wild garlic has round leaves. There is a difference in the smell. A wild onion has an onion aroma; garlic smells like garlic. The two are often confused. Both are edible.
Current Rating: 0.0000

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