Allium drummondii

Allium drummondii, also known as Drummond's onion, wild garlic and prairie onion,^{[citation needed]} is a North American species of onion native to the southern Great Plains of North America. It is found in South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, and northeastern Mexico.^[3][4]

Drummond's onion
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Amerallium
Species:	A. drummondii
Binomial name
Allium drummondii Regel[2]
Synonyms[3]
Allium nuttallii S.Watson Allium helleri Small Allium reticulatum var. nuttallii (S.Watson) M.E.Jones Allium drummondii f. asexuale Ownbey

Allium drummondii is a bulb-forming perennial. The flowers appear in April and May, in a variety of colors ranging from white to pink. It is common, considered invasive in some regions.^[5][6][7]

Uses

This species of Allium is gathered by Native Americans for its small edible bulbs. These contain a considerable amount of inulin, a non-reducing sugar that humans cannot digest. Because of this, these onions must be heated for a long period of time in order to convert the inulin into digestible sugars.^[8]