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Re: Allium tricoccum var. burdickii

In a message dated 4/17/2001 10:40:19 AM Central Daylight Time,
greenspaces@juno.com writes:


to Allium cernnum (nodding
onion). There seems to be much more nodding onion around than wild leek so
my inclination would be to think that Chicago was named for it rather than
the wild leek, which I have only found occasionally in wooded floodplains --
not numerous enough to name a settlement after -- could Swink and Wilhelm be
wrong?


Allium tricoccum can grow in very large colonies-it is also easier to harvest
for eating purposes than A. cernnum.

A person could harvest for food-thousands of A. tricoccum in a short time in
open woodlands if the populations were large.


I know nothing at all about Chicago - But just making an observation.

Areas were not named for pretty flowers-but some were named after food
sources.
If the above is true for Chicago- I would go with the A. tricoccum.




Paul Henjum
Specialty Perennials
Hardyplanst.com
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