Broadleaf wild leek
இராகூச்சிட்டம்
Allium ampeloprasum L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.1 m
- wide
- 46 cm
Amaryllidaceae
Also called Garden leek
Formerly Allium adscendens, Allium albescens, Allium ascendens, Allium babingtonii, and 13 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Bulbous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Macaronesia, Medit. to C. AsiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 91 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- PurpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Estonian
- porru, porro, Porrulauk
- Dutch
- Prei
- Greek
- Πράσο
- Asturian
- puerru
- Czech
- pór zahradní
- Welsh
- cenhinen wyllt, Cennin gwyllt
- German
- Ackerlauch
- Spanish
- Ajoporro
- Finnish
- kesäpurjo
- French
- Poireau d'été
- Northern Frisian
- Gäärslook
- Galician
- Allo porro, porro
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Allium ampeloprasum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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