Allium tuberosum
| Allium tuberosum | |
|---|---|
| Flowering garlic chives | |
| Allium tuberosum from a store | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Butomissa |
| Species: | A. tuberosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng. 1825 not Roxb. 1832 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Synonymy
| |
Allium tuberosum (garlic chives, Oriental garlic, Asian chives, Chinese chives, Chinese leek) is a species of plant native to the Chinese province of Shanxi, and cultivated and naturalized elsewhere in Asia and around the world. It has a number of uses in Asian cuisine.