Drummond's onion facts for kids
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Allium drummondii, also known as Drummond's onion, wild garlic, or prairie onion, is a type of onion plant. It grows naturally in North America, especially in the southern Great Plains region. You can find it in states like South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, and even in northeastern Mexico.
Drummond's onion is a plant that grows from a bulb (like a regular onion) and lives for many years. Its flowers usually appear in April and May. They can be white, pink, or other colors. This plant is quite common, and in some places, it grows so much that it's considered an invasive species.
How People Use Drummond's Onion
Long ago, Native American communities would gather this type of Allium plant. They collected its small edible bulbs to eat. These bulbs contain a special sugar called inulin.
Inulin is a type of sugar that human bodies can't easily digest on their own. To make the onions digestible, people had to cook them for a long time. This heating process changed the inulin into sugars that the body could use for energy.
See also
In Spanish: Allium drummondii para niños
