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Allium schoenoprasum

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Amaryllidaceae Genus: Allium

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Description

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Synonyms (73)

Allium acutum Spreng. (1813)
Allium alpinum (DC.) Hegetschw. (1839)
Allium broteri Kunth (1843)
Allium buhseanum Regel (1875)
Allium carneum Schult. & Schult.f. (1830)
Allium coloratum Dulac (1867)
Allium foliosum Clairv. ex DC. (1805)
Allium glaucum Ledeb. (1852)
Allium gredense Riv.Mateos (1924)
Allium idzuense H.Hara (1974)
Allium lusitanicum Link ex Regel (1875)
Allium montanum Schrank (1785)
Allium palustre Chaix (1786)
Allium punctulatum Schltdl. (1846)
Allium purpurascens Losa (1949)
Allium raddeanum Regel (1875)
Allium reflexum F.Dietr. (1824)
Allium riparium Opiz (1824)
Allium roseum Krock. (1787)
Allium schmitzii var. duriminium Cout. (1896)
Allium schoenoprasum f. albiflorum Ueno (1969)
Allium schoenoprasum f. foliosum Juel, Cedergr. & Örtendahl (1915)
Allium schoenoprasum f. pumilum (Bunge) Bolzon (1913)
Allium schoenoprasum f. purpuratum Konta (2005)
Allium schoenoprasum f. sibiricum (L.) Bolzon (1913)
Allium schoenoprasum f. vegetior Neuman (1901)
Allium schoenoprasum subsp. alpinum (DC.) Čelak. (1867)
Allium schoenoprasum subsp. euschoenoprasum Syme (1869)
Allium schoenoprasum subsp. gredense (Rivas Goday) Rivas Mart., Fern.Gonz. & Sánchez Mata (1986)
Allium schoenoprasum subsp. latiorifolium (Pau) Rivas Mart., Fern.Gonz. & Sánchez Mata (1986)
Allium schoenoprasum subsp. orosiae J.M.Monts. (1984)
Allium schoenoprasum subsp. pumilum (Bunge) K.Richt. (1890)
Allium schoenoprasum subsp. riparium (Opiz) Čelak. (1867)
Allium schoenoprasum subsp. sibiricum (L.) Syme (1869)
Allium schoenoprasum var. albidum Regel (1868)
Allium schoenoprasum var. albiflorum Alef. (1866)
Allium schoenoprasum var. alpinum St.-Lag. (1889)
Allium schoenoprasum var. alvarense Hyl. (1953)
Allium schoenoprasum var. brevispathum Regel (1868)
Allium schoenoprasum var. broteri (Kunth) Nyman (1882)
Allium schoenoprasum var. buhseanum (Regel) Boiss. (1882)
Allium schoenoprasum var. caespitans Ohwi (1965)
Allium schoenoprasum var. duriminium (Cout.) Cout. (1913)
Allium schoenoprasum var. foliosum Regel (1875)
Allium schoenoprasum var. gredense (Riv.Mateos) Rivas Mart. (1963)
Allium schoenoprasum var. idzuense (H.Hara) H.Hara (1980)
Allium schoenoprasum var. latiorifolium Pau (1912)
Allium schoenoprasum var. laurentianum Fernald (1926)
Allium schoenoprasum var. litorale Koldaeva (2012)
Allium schoenoprasum var. lusitanicum Nyman (1882)
Allium schoenoprasum var. pumilum Bunge (1836)
Allium schoenoprasum var. riparium Čelak. (1867)
Allium schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasioides Briq. (1910)
Allium schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasoides Briq. (1910)
Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum (L.) Hartm. (1843)
Allium schoenoprasum var. tangoense G.Ito, Fuse & M.N.Tamura (2022)
Allium schoenoprasum var. typicum Regel (1875)
Allium schoenoprasum var. vulgare Alef. (1866)
Allium scorodoprasum var. alvarense Hyl. (1945)
Allium sibiricum L. (1771)
Allium sibiricum schoenoprasoides Fr. (1840)
Allium sibiricum var. schoenoprasoides (Fr.) Fr. (1845)
Allium tenuifolium Salisb. (1796)
Allium ubinicum Kotukhov (2003)
Allium udinicum Antsupova (1989)
Ascalonicum schoenoprasum (L.) P.Renault (1804)
Cepa schoenoprasa (L.) Moench (1794)
Cepa tenuifolia (Salisb.) Gray (1822)
Porrum schoenoprasum (L.) Schur (1866)
Porrum sibiricum (L.) Schur (1866)
Schoenissa rosea Salisb. (1866)
Schoenissa schoenoprasa (L.) Salisb. (1866)
Schoenoprasum vulgare Fourr. (1869)

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 301 (1753)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Allium schoenoprasum Kailua, garden at 209 Oneawa Kai Place Grown in herb garden at side of house. Preserved_Specimen Clumping herb with cylindrical leaves to 12 long that lie on ground. Only 3 stems flowered from a large clump of plants. Flowers pale purple. Staples, G.W. 1183 Oahu BISH 1999-08-23
2 Allium schoenoprasum Koloa district, Kalaheo yard of house at 3581 Kaloke Street. Preserved_Specimen Perennial herb with densely clustered stems, underground bulbs. Leaves cylindrical, onion-scented. Flowers and inflorescence bract pale lavendar. Lorence, D.H. 6346 Kauai BISH 1989-04-10
3 Allium schoenoprasum Foster Community Gardens located on the grounds of Foster Botanical Gardens located in downtown Honolulu These plants were in a small clum not more than 5 inches wide. Preserved_Specimen Mayeda, C.S. 41 Oahu BISH 1991-04-11
4 Allium schoenoprasum Waimanalo Cultivated culinary herb, growing in window box planter on deck with other herbs. Preserved_Specimen Tufted grass-like herb from slender bulbous base; leaves cylindrical, to 12 long, drooping over; odorous when bruised. Inflorescence arising from center of leaf tudt, about as long as leaves, erect; bract at top splitting down side; flowers 6--10 in umbels; tepals pale lavender, free almost to base. Staples, G.W. 1304 Oahu BISH 2007-05-10
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