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Thread Leaf Chive

Allium anisopodium

Thread Leaf Chive
Photo: Daniil N Olennikov, CC BY 4.0

Allium anisopodium, the thread-leaf chive, is a perennial bulb from Central Asia, Siberia and Korea with fine, thread-like leaves and purple flowers on stems up to about 70 cm tall. It needs full sun and well-drained soil, and it goes dormant in winter.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while it grows in spring, then keep the soil dry-ish during summer dormancy to avoid rot.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy loam.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters, roughly -30 °C and below; tolerates hot summers.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
C. Asia to Russian Far East and Korea
Climate
temperate

About

Allium anisopodium, also called thread-leaf chive, is a species of plant native to Siberia, the Russian Far East, Korea, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and northern China.

Allium anisopodium is a perennial herb with a scape (round in cross-section) up to 70 cm tall. Leaves are about the same length as the scape. Flowers are purple.

Other Allium plants

South Idaho onion · Abrams' allium · Allium aciphyllum · Tapertip onion · Allium aeginiense · Allium aflatunense · Allium agrigentinum · Allium alabasicum · Allium albotunicatum · Allium alibile · Altai Onion · Allium altissimum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium anisopodium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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