Allium hookeri | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | A. subg. Amerallium |
Species: | A. hookeri
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Binomial name | |
Allium hookeri | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Allium tsoongii F.T.Wang & Tang |
Allium hookeri is a plant species native to India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar ( Burma), Bhutan, and southwestern China ( Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan). Common names include Hooker chives and garlic chives.
Allium hookeri produces thick, fleshy roots and a cluster of thin bulbs. Scapes are up top 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat and narrow, about the same length as the scapes but only 1 cm across. Umbels are crowded with many white or greenish-yellow flowers. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Allium hookeri is widely cultivated outside its native range, and valued as a food item in much of South and Southeast Asia. [2] [6]
Allium hookeri | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | A. subg. Amerallium |
Species: | A. hookeri
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Binomial name | |
Allium hookeri | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Allium tsoongii F.T.Wang & Tang |
Allium hookeri is a plant species native to India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar ( Burma), Bhutan, and southwestern China ( Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan). Common names include Hooker chives and garlic chives.
Allium hookeri produces thick, fleshy roots and a cluster of thin bulbs. Scapes are up top 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat and narrow, about the same length as the scapes but only 1 cm across. Umbels are crowded with many white or greenish-yellow flowers. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Allium hookeri is widely cultivated outside its native range, and valued as a food item in much of South and Southeast Asia. [2] [6]