#allium canadense

[minteababe]

Greek-seasoned chicken with spanakorizo*, tzatziki, hummus, and pita

This is my first time making spanakorizo and it's SO good

*I used lambs quarters (chenopodium berlandieri) instead of spinach

Garden elements: wild onions, lambs quarters, spearmint, oregano, dill

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Meadow garlic (Allium canadense) has edible flowers, leaves, and bulbs.

More info on Plants for a Future.

Special note: keep in mind that Allium plants smell like onions or garlic. There are a number of lookalikes, some poisonous or even deadly, like the death camas, which has a very onion-like bulb and similar-looking flowers and leaves. If it doesn’t have an onion/garlic smell, it’s not an onion or garlic plant.

[faguscarolinensis]

Allium canadense / Meadow Garlic at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC

[dalehague]

Wild onion is up and abundant. If it doesn’t taste like onion it’s something else, don’t eat it. I use the leaves like chives. It’s possible to dig and eat the bulbs too but a lot of work