Allium ampeloprasum

Allium ampeloprasum

Order	[[]]
Family	[[]]
Genus	Allium

2n =

Origin : area of origin

wild or cultivated

Uses summary

Description

• 1, habit leek plant; 2, habit of flowering bulbous plant.
  1, habit leek plant; 2, habit of flowering bulbous plant.
• harvested plants
  harvested plants
• inflorescence
  inflorescence
• 
  A. cepa (spring onion, left) and A. ampeloprasum (leek) on the market

Uses

Allium ampeloprasum Linn. GREAT-HEADED GARLIC. LEVANT GARLIC. WILD LEEK. Europe and the Orient. This is a hardy perennial, remarkable for the size of the bulbs. The leaves and stems somewhat resemble those of the leek. The peasants in certain parts of Southern Europe eat it raw and this is its only known use.

Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.

Allium porrum Linn. LEEK. See Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.

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