Leek
চিভ
Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- —
- wide
- 30 cm
Amaryllidaceae
Also called Chinese chives
Formerly Allium argyi, Allium clarkei, Allium roxburghii, Allium sulvia, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Bulbous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Himalaya to China (SW. Shanxi)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Cream, yellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: height, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Chinese
- 韭, 薤白, 韭（韭菜）
- Simplified Chinese
- 韭
- Dutch
- Chinese bieslook
- Bangla
- চিভ
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, Public domain
- 3D model: Allium tuberosum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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