Allium schoenoprasum
Chives
Also known as: Allium acutum Spreng. +11 more
- Allium acutum Spreng.
- Allium alpinum (DC.) Hegetschw.
- Allium broteri Kunth
- Allium broteroi Kunth
- Allium buhseanum Regel
- Allium foliosum Clairv. ex DC.
- Allium foliosum Clarion, 1802
- Allium glaucum DC.
- Allium gredense Riv.Mateos
- Allium gredense Rivas Goday
- Allium idzuense H.Hara
- Allium palustre Chaix
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Amaryllidaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a bulbous geophyte.
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Allium schoenoprasum (commonly known as Chives) is a bulbous plant belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family. Originating in Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, and North America, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. The genus Allium is notably large, comprising more than 1050 species.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Subarctic America, Western Asia, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Vermont, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Argentina South, Azores, Belgium, Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Falkland Is., Haiti, Illinois, Ireland, Jamaica, Maryland, Newfoundland, Seychelles, Trinidad-Tobago