Other Plants

In spring the flower stalk is generally longer than the leaves and is topped with a pink or purple flower. The leaves and bulb are both edible. Laura Pascal (COPE) and Sarah Peters (COPE, b) both talked about using onions for food.

Source: Andre, Alestine and Alan Fehr, Gwich'in Ethnobotany, 2nd ed. (2002)      

As medicine 

The white core at the base of the plant is ground into a powder or chewed as a medicine. Alfred Semple’s great-grandmother used to mix the powder with grease and apply it to skin rashes. New plants have a white part in the middle of the root, referred to as “potatoes.” This part can also be boiled and eaten to increase appetite or relieve stomach aches.