I would say that it's not a good thing to eat wild onions, particularly because like many other geophytes, it takes so long for them regenerate. The ones in California takes about 4 years to mature from seeds and I would not expect any less from the ones in Israel. Perhaps they were eaten more thousands of years ago was because they were much more common. With that said, if you want to grow some up in your garden to eat, I'd be really interested in your assessment of the flavors. Nhu On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Shmuel Silinsky <gardenbetter@gmail.com>wrote: > There are many species of Allium native here in Israel. Some are endemic. I > am wondering if all are edible, both as leaf or as bulb. Obviously flavor > will vary, even bitterness, but are any poisonous? > > I am especially interested in knowing about Allium aschersonium. It has a > large bulb - and I would like to try it as an edible. >