Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum (L.) Hartm.
 
FamilyLiliaceae — APG family: Amaryllidaceae
SynonymsAllium sibiricum L.
Common namewild chive
DescriptionBulbs 1 to several, oblong-ovate, within papery coating; leaves coarse, semiterete, hollow at base, about as long as the coarse scape or shorter; umbel dense, nearly spherical; perianth leaves pink or rose-violet with darker veins, lanceolate or linear- lanceolate, attenuate; capsule 2-3 times shorter than perianth.
EcologyMeadows, grassy slopes. A. schoenoprasum described from Siberia and the Island of Oeland (Sweden), var. sibiricum from Siberia.
UsesThe leaves are eaten in early spring, the bulbs in summer and fall. The Siberian Eskimo keep the plant for long periods in airtight sealskin bags.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.