| Allium spirale | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Rhizirideum |
| Species: | A. spirale |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium spirale Willd. | |
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Allium spirale, also known as Korean aging chive, is a plant species native to Korea, Primorye, and parts of China. It is cultivated in many other regions and has for some reason obtained the common name German garlic. Other common names include spiral onion, corkscrew onion, and curly chives.
Allium spirale forms a cluster of narrow bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are flat, long and narrow, shorter than the scape but only about 5 mm across, generally twisted in a helical fashion. Umbel is hemispheric, densely crowded with many flowers. Tepals pink with a dark red midvein.
Habitat
Allium spirale typically grows on dry slopes, loess, steppes, and places with significant amounts of sand, gravel or stone.
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 348. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ Xu, Jiemei & Kamelin, Rudolf V. "Allium spirale". In Wu, Zhengyi; Raven, Peter H. & Hong, Deyuan (eds.). Flora of China (online). eFloras.org. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- CHOI, H. J. and OH, B. U. (2011), A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 153–211. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x
- Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium spirale
- Agroatlas, Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries, Allium spirale
- Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1814. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis 17.
- Kharkevich SS., ed. 1987. Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East. V.2. Leningrad: Nauka. 446 p.