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Allium ampeloprasum
Also called Garden leek, Wild Leek, Great Headed Garlic, Leek, Levant Garlic
Broadleaf wild leek is a bulbous Mediterranean onion relative that is the parent of cultivated leek, elephant garlic, pearl onion and Persian leek. It is grown mainly for its edible bulbs, leaves and stems, and is hardy and easy in temperate gardens.
Allium ampeloprasum is a member of the onion genus Allium. The wild plant is commonly known as wild leek or broadleaf wild leek. Its native range includes southern Europe, southwestern Asia and North Africa, but it has been cultivated and naturalized in many other countries.
Allium ampeloprasum has been differentiated into five cultivated vegetables: leek, elephant garlic, pearl onion, kurrat, and Persian leek.
Allium ampeloprasum is the source of several vegetables, most notably:
Leek (var. porrum)
Allium ampeloprasum is an ecologically diverse species complex and the progenitor of several key cultivated varieties, including the common leek (A. porrum L. sensu stricto), characterized by its robust "pseudostem," and the A. kurrat Schweinf, which is grown for its slender leaves. Despite their physical differences, these forms remain closely related to, and fully interfertile with, the wild tetraploid A. ampeloprasum, which is widely distributed in the Mediterranean basin.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
