"more widely used in other parts of the world, particularly East Asia. Known as escallion, ""A. fistulosum"" is an ingredient in Jamaican cuisine, in combination with thyme, scotch bonnet pepper, garlic, and allspice (called pimenta). Recipes with escallion sometimes suggest leek as a substitute in salads. Jamaican dried spice mixtures using escallion are available commercially. The Jamaican name is probably a variant of scallion, the term used loosely for the spring onion and various other plants in the genus ""Allium"". The Japanese name is ""negi"" (葱), which can also refer to other plants of the genus Allium, or more specifically"
"Allium rotundum Allium rotundum, common name round-headed leek or purple-flowered garlic, is a Eurasian and North African species of wild onion. Its native range extends from Spain and Morocco to Iran and European Russia. It is sparingly naturalized in parts of the United States (Michigan and Iowa). The species grows in disturbed habitats such as roadsides, cultivated fields, etc. ""Allium rotundum"" produces large clumps of as many as 50 egg-shaped bulbs, each up to 1.5 cm long. Leaves are up to 40 cm long. Scapes are up to 90 cm tall. Umbels look round from a distance, and can contain"
"Soy sauce based dips are often flavored with Korean wild chives. In North Korea, radish water kimchi flavored with Korean wild chives is a popular spring ""banchan"" (side dish). Allium monanthum Allium monanthum, the Korean wild chive, is a spring vegetable with minuscule bulbous roots that have a mild onion flavor and found in the woodlands of Korea, Japan, northeastern Russia (Primorye), and northeastern China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning). ""Allium monanthum"" is unusual in the genus in being usually dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants), but rarely hermaphrodite or gynomonoecious. The species produces a single round bulb about"
"Allium hollandicum Allium hollandicum, common names Persian onion or Dutch garlic is a species of flowering plant native to Iran and Kyrgyzstan but widely cultivated as an ornamental because of its large umbels of attractive purple flowers. It is reportedly naturalized in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. ""Allium hollandicum"" is a bulb-forming perennial with scapes up to 90 cm tall. It has long, flat, strap-shaped leaves up to 60 cm long. Umbels are large and spherical, up to 25 cm in diameter, with many purple to reddish-purple flowers. The cultivar ‘Purple Sensation’ has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden"
"Merit. Allium hollandicum Allium hollandicum, common names Persian onion or Dutch garlic is a species of flowering plant native to Iran and Kyrgyzstan but widely cultivated as an ornamental because of its large umbels of attractive purple flowers. It is reportedly naturalized in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. ""Allium hollandicum"" is a bulb-forming perennial with scapes up to 90 cm tall. It has long, flat, strap-shaped leaves up to 60 cm long. Umbels are large and spherical, up to 25 cm in diameter, with many purple to reddish-purple flowers. The cultivar ‘Purple Sensation’ has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of"
"can also be used as a moth repellant. The whole plant is said to repel insects and moles. Allium validum Allium validum, known by several common names including swamp onion, wild onion, Pacific onion, and Pacific mountain onion, is native to the Cascade Range, to the Sierra Nevada, the Rocky Mountains, and other high-elevation regions in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho and British Columbia. The ""Allium validum"" bulb is three to five centimeters long, ovoid and clustered on the short end. The outer coat of the stout rhizome is brown or gray in color, fibrous, and vertically lined. The stem"
"name ""stellatum"" is botanical Latin for ""starry"", and refers to the umbels. This species was described for science by John Bellenden Ker Gawler in 1813. Allium stellatum Allium stellatum, the autumn onion or prairie onion, is a North American species of wild onion native to central Canada and the central United States. It ranges from Ontario and Saskatchewan south to Tennessee and Texas. ""Allium stellatum"" grows in rocky, sandy soil. It is a perennial forming a bulb. The scape is up to 1–2 feet (30–60 cm) tall with tufts of leaves, which are thick, hard, and rounded on the back."
"as many as 200 flowers. Flowers are bell-shaped, up to 7 mm across; tepals purple, sometimes with white margins; anthers yellow or purple; pollen yellow or white. Allium rotundum Allium rotundum, common name round-headed leek or purple-flowered garlic, is a Eurasian and North African species of wild onion. Its native range extends from Spain and Morocco to Iran and European Russia. It is sparingly naturalized in parts of the United States (Michigan and Iowa). The species grows in disturbed habitats such as roadsides, cultivated fields, etc. ""Allium rotundum"" produces large clumps of as many as 50 egg-shaped bulbs, each up"
"centimeters tall. The two leaves are sickle-shaped. Atop the stem is an umbel of fewer than 30 flowers, which are generally pale pink with prominent dark midveins. Anthers are purple or yellow; pollen yellow. This plant was a food and flavoring for the Paiute people. Allium parvum Allium parvum is an American species of wild onion known by the common name small onion. It is native to the western United States where it is a common member of the flora in rocky, dry areas in mountainous areas, especially in talus at elevations of . It is widespread in California, Nevada,"
"Allium monanthum Allium monanthum, the Korean wild chive, is a spring vegetable with minuscule bulbous roots that have a mild onion flavor and found in the woodlands of Korea, Japan, northeastern Russia (Primorye), and northeastern China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning). ""Allium monanthum"" is unusual in the genus in being usually dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants), but rarely hermaphrodite or gynomonoecious. The species produces a single round bulb about in diameter. Scapes are relatively short for the genus, rarely more than tall. Leaves are flat, long and narrow, longer than the scape. Umbels are small, with one flower"
"Allium validum Allium validum, known by several common names including swamp onion, wild onion, Pacific onion, and Pacific mountain onion, is native to the Cascade Range, to the Sierra Nevada, the Rocky Mountains, and other high-elevation regions in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho and British Columbia. The ""Allium validum"" bulb is three to five centimeters long, ovoid and clustered on the short end. The outer coat of the stout rhizome is brown or gray in color, fibrous, and vertically lined. The stem is 50 to 100 centimeters long and angled. There are three to six leaves more or less equal"
"with a red midvein. Allium ramosum Allium ramosum, called Fragrant-flowered Garlic or Chinese chives is a northern Asian species of wild onion native to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, the Russian Far East, and northern China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang). The species is also naturalized in a few places in eastern Europe. In its native range, it grows at elevations of 500–2100 m. ""Allium ramosum"" has clusters of narrow bulbs. Scapes are up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are linear, keeled, shorter than the scape. Umbels have many flowers crowded together. Tepals are"
"Allium ramosum Allium ramosum, called Fragrant-flowered Garlic or Chinese chives is a northern Asian species of wild onion native to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, the Russian Far East, and northern China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang). The species is also naturalized in a few places in eastern Europe. In its native range, it grows at elevations of 500–2100 m. ""Allium ramosum"" has clusters of narrow bulbs. Scapes are up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are linear, keeled, shorter than the scape. Umbels have many flowers crowded together. Tepals are white or pale red"
"Allium nigrum Allium nigrum, common name black garlic, broad-leaved leek, or broadleaf garlic, is a Middle Eastern species of wild onion. It lacks the onion or garlic scent shared by most of the other species in the group. The species is native to Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel but cultivated as an ornamental in many other places. It has become naturalized in some regions, including parts of the United States (especially Washington and Oregon). ""Allium nigrum"" produces asymmetric bulbs up to 5 cm across. Each plant has 3-6 leaves, lanceolate in shape, flat and bent to the side, up"
"is hardy to USDA zones 4 to 8. In cultivation in the UK, ""A. flavum"" has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World Checklist Allium flavum Allium flavum, the small yellow onion or yellow-flowered garlic, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ""Allium"", which also includes the flowering and culinary onions and garlic. A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from France + Morocco to Iran + Kazakhstan. ""Allium flavum"" produces one"
"Allium atrorubens Allium atrorubens is a species of wild onion known by the common name dark red onion. This plant is native to the southwestern United States where it grows in the sandy soils of the Mojave Desert, the Great Basin and higher-elevation deserts in Nevada, eastern California (San Bernardino, Kern, Mono, Inyo and Lassen Counties) southwestern Utah (Kane, Millard and Beaver Counties), northwestern Arizona (Mohave and Coconino Counties). ""Allium atrorubens"" grows from a reddish-brown bulb across. The stem is short and is surrounded by few coiled tubular leaves. Atop the stem is an inflorescence of up to 50 flowers."
"to reddish-violet with darker midveins. Allium sacculiferum Allium sacculiferum, also called northern plain chive or triangular chive, is an East Asian species of wild onion native to Japan, Korea, eastern Russia (Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk, Primorye), and northeastern China (Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning). It is found along the banks of lakes and rivers at elevations less than 500 m. ""Allium sacculiferum"" makes one or two egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm across. Scapes are up to 70 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, shorter than the scape, up to 5 mm across. Umbels are spherical, with many flowers"
"Chives Chives, scientific name Allium schoenoprasum, are an edible species of the genus ""Allium"". Their close relatives include the garlic, shallot, leek, scallion, and Chinese onion. A perennial plant, it is widespread in nature across much of Europe, Asia, and North America. ""A. schoenoprasum"" is the only species of ""Allium"" native to both the New and the Old Worlds. Chives are a commonly used herb and can be found in grocery stores or grown in home gardens. In culinary use, the scapes and the unopened, immature flower buds are diced and used as an ingredient for fish, potatoes, soups, and"
"Chives Chives, scientific name Allium schoenoprasum, are an edible species of the genus ""Allium"". Their close relatives include the garlic, shallot, leek, scallion, and Chinese onion. A perennial plant, it is widespread in nature across much of Europe, Asia, and North America. ""A. schoenoprasum"" is the only species of ""Allium"" native to both the New and the Old Worlds. Chives are a commonly used herb and can be found in grocery stores or grown in home gardens. In culinary use, the scapes and the unopened, immature flower buds are diced and used as an ingredient for fish, potatoes, soups, and"
"United States. This prohibition came into force after farmers complained about alleged market manipulation by Sam Siegel and Vincent Kosuga at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange two years earlier. The subsequent investigation provided economists with a unique case study into the effects of futures trading on agricultural prices. The act remains in effect . Onion The onion (""Allium cepa"" L., from Latin ""cepa"" ""onion""), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus ""Allium"". Its close relatives include the garlic, leek, chive, and Chinese onion. This genus also"
"midveins; anthers purple; pollen gray. Allium tribracteatum Allium tribracteatum, known by the common name Threebract onion, is a species of wild onion found in California. The plant is endemic to California, where it is known only from the slopes of the Sierra Nevada in Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties. ""Allium tribracteatum"" is a small onion plant producing a stem only a few centimeters long from an oval-shaped bulb. There are two leaves which are usually much longer than the stem. The inflorescence contains up to 30 petite white to purple flowers, each less than a centimeter long. Tepals are white to"
"Allium pallens Allium pallens is a species of wild onion native to the Mediterranean region and Middle East from Portugal and Algeria to Iran. ""Allium pallens"" produces a single egg-shaped bulb. Scape is up to 50 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are long, narrow, and fleshy. Flowers are bell-shaped, some nodding while others in the same umbel erect, the tepals white or pale purple with prominent green or purple midveins. ""A. paniculatum"" is placed within section ""Codonoprasum"", subgenus ""Allium"". There is some degree of uncertainty with regards to the relationships of taxa within the section. The Plant List gives"
"Allium denticulatum Allium denticulatum is a species of wild onion known by the common name toothed wild onion. It is endemic to southern California, where it grows in the western Mojave Desert, the adjacent Tehachapi Mountains, the southern Sierra Nevada, and the Palomar Mountains. It is reported from Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, San Diego Counties. ""Allium denticulatum"" grows from a reddish-brown spherical to oval-shaped bulb just over a centimeter long. It produces a stem up to 18 centimeters tall and a single cylindrical leaf up to twice as long as the stem. The inflorescence contains up to 30 flowers"
"Allium falcifolium Allium falcifolium is a North American species of wild onion known by the common name scytheleaf onion or coast flatstem onion. It is native to northern California and southern Oregon, where it grows in heavy, rocky soils, especially serpentine soils. ""Allium falcifolium"", grows from a reddish-brown bulb one to two centimeters wide. The reddish or yellowish green stem is flattened such that it is thick in the center and thin along the edges. There are usually two leaves, which, as its common name suggests, are curved like the blade of a scythe. The stem is short and topped"
"Allium parvum Allium parvum is an American species of wild onion known by the common name small onion. It is native to the western United States where it is a common member of the flora in rocky, dry areas in mountainous areas, especially in talus at elevations of . It is widespread in California, Nevada, Oregon and Idaho, and also reported from western Utah and from extreme southwestern Montana (Ravalli and Beaverhead Counties) ""Allium parvum"" has a bulb one to two and a half centimeters wide and bears a relatively short scape for an onion species, rarely more than 12"
"with an inflorescence of 10 to 30 flowers, each of which is one to one and a half centimeters wide. Each flower has six pinkish, red-purple, or white-streaked purple tepals. The name ""Allium falcifolium"" var. ""demissum"" was coined in 1921, referring to the taxon now known as ""Allium siskiyouense"" Allium falcifolium Allium falcifolium is a North American species of wild onion known by the common name scytheleaf onion or coast flatstem onion. It is native to northern California and southern Oregon, where it grows in heavy, rocky soils, especially serpentine soils. ""Allium falcifolium"", grows from a reddish-brown bulb one to"
"edible and has a strong onion flavor, and has often been used in cooking. It is cultivated in many places for its attractive flowers. Allium cernuum Allium cernuum, known as nodding onion or lady's leek, is a perennial plant in the genus ""Allium"". It grows in dry woods, rock outcroppings, and prairies. It has been reported from much of the United States, Canada and Mexico including in the Appalachian Mountains from Alabama to New York State, the Great Lakes Region, the Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys, the Ozarks of Arkansas and Missouri, and the Rocky and Cascade Mountains of the"
"Allium stipitatum Allium stipitatum, Persian shallot, is an Asian species of onion native to central and southwestern Asia. Some sources regard ""Allium stipitatum"" and ""A. hirtifolium"" as the same species, while others treat ""A. stipitatum"" and ""A. hirtifolium"" as distinct. ""Allium stipitatum"" in the more inclusive sense occurs in Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. The epithet ""stipitatum"" means 'with a little stalk' referring to the ovary. ""Allium stipitatum"" grows from bulbs, 3 to 6 cm in diameter, which have blackish, paper-like tunics. The 4–6 basal leaves are broad, green to greyish green in colour,"
"subspecies and varieties, most of them now regarded as distinct species. The following are accepted by the World Checklist. Allium fimbriatum Allium fimbriatum is a species of wild onion known by the common name fringed onion. It is native to California and Baja California. The fringed onion grows from a reddish-brown bulb one to two centimeters wide and sends up a naked brown or green stem. Atop the stem is an inflorescence of up to 75 flowers, each just under a centimeter wide on average. The flowers are variable in color, from pink to purple and often with white areas."
"Allium siculum Allium siculum, known as honey garlic, Sicilian honey lily, Sicilian honey garlic, or Mediterranean bells, is a European and Turkish species of plants genus ""Allium"". It is native to the regions around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and grown in other regions as an ornamental and as a culinary herb. ""Allium siculum"" is native to Turkey, Crimea, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, southern France including Corsica, and Italy (Basilicata, Abruzzo, Umbria, Toscana, Sicily, Sardinia), growing in damp, shady woods. It has showy clusters of gracefully drooping bell-shaped blossoms produced in May to early June sitting atop a tall green stem,"
"Allium vineale Allium vineale (wild garlic, onion grass, crow garlic or stag's garlic) is a perennial, bulb-forming species of wild onion, native to Europe, northwestern Africa and the Middle East. The species was introduced in Australia and North America, where it has become a noxious weed. All parts of the plant have a strong garlic odour. The underground bulb is 1–2 cm diameter, with a fibrous outer layer. The main stem grows to 30–120 cm tall, bearing 2–4 leaves and an apical inflorescence 2–5 cm diameter comprising a number of small bulbils and none to a few flowers, subtended by"
"plant is in flower. The flowering stalk is up to 15 centimeters tall and bears an umbel of 10 to 20 bell-shaped white flowers with green or pink midribs. The fruit is a capsule. The plant reproduces sexually by seed or vegetatively by sprouting from its bulb. This plant grows on mountaintops and scablands in sagebrush, shrubsteppe, and grassland habitat. Allium fibrillum Allium fibrillum is a North American species of wild onion known by the common names Blue Mountain onion and Cuddy Mountain onion. It is native to the northwestern United States from eastern Washington and Oregon through Idaho to"
"Allium giganteum Allium giganteum, common name giant onion, is an Asian species of onion, native to central and southwestern Asia but cultivated in many countries as a flowering garden plant. It is the tallest species of ""Allium"" in common cultivation, growing to . In early to midsummer, small globes of intense purple umbels appear, followed by attractive fruiting umbels. A popular cultivar, 'Globemaster', is shorter () but produces much bigger, deep violet, umbels (). Both varieties have been granted the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. In nature, the species is found in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and"