Species
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Varieties
7 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
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| Allium schoenoprasumBSI-FL90897 | — |
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| Chives broad leavedBSI-H800220 | — |
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| Chives medium-leaved ORGANICBSI-H800199 | — |
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| Chives medium leavedBSI-H800200 | — |
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| PragerBSI-B10260 | — |
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| Fine leafBSI-B10240 | — |
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| Medium leafBSI-B10250 | — |
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Allium schoenoprasum is a bulbous perennial that forms leafy clumps and rounded purple flower heads.
Flowers and foliage
Its fine, tubular leaves distinguish chives from broad-leaved onion relatives. Clumps can persist and be divided, while flowering plants may self-seed. Well-drained soil helps avoid root rot.
Leaf types in a perennial herb
For seed retailers, Fine leaf, Chives medium leaved and Chives broad leaved retain different leaf-width labels. These are useful assortment distinctions within chives, rather than different botanical species.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Allium schoenoprasum
- Common names
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- ail civette, asatsuki, bei cong, bieslook, brûlotte, cebolinha, cebolinha-de-tempero, cebolinha-francesa, cebolleta, cebollino común, cenhinen syfi, cennin syfi, chive, chives, cibellyn, cibellys, ciboulette, ciboulette commune, cibyddlys, cibyllyn, cipollina, cives farouches, civette, corwynwyn, cybyddlys, erba cipollina, ezo-negi, giant garlic, graslauk, graslaukur, grasløk, gressløk, gräslök, græsløk, kalnu sipols, maurloks, njuovvelávki, oignon sauvage, pur-løg, ruoholaukka, schnitt-lauch, schnittlauch, seifys, strandløk, vives, wild chives
- Synonyms
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- Allium acutum, Allium alpinum, Allium broteri, Allium buhseanum, Allium carneum, Allium coloratum, Allium foliosum, Allium glaucum, Allium gredense, Allium idzuense, Allium montanum, Allium palustre, Allium punctulatum, Allium purpurascens, Allium raddeanum, Allium reflexum, Allium riparium, Allium roseum, Allium schmitzii var. duriminum, Allium schoenoprasum f. albiflorum, Allium schoenoprasum f. foliosum, Allium schoenoprasum f. pumilum, Allium schoenoprasum f. purpuratum, Allium schoenoprasum f. sibiricum, Allium schoenoprasum f. vegetior, Allium schoenoprasum subsp. alpinum, Allium schoenoprasum subsp. gredense, Allium schoenoprasum subsp. latiorifolium, Allium schoenoprasum subsp. orosiae, Allium schoenoprasum subsp. pumilum, Allium schoenoprasum subsp. riparium, Allium schoenoprasum subsp. sibiricum, Allium schoenoprasum var. albidum, Allium schoenoprasum var. albiflorum, Allium schoenoprasum var. alpinum, Allium schoenoprasum var. alvarense, Allium schoenoprasum var. brevispathum, Allium schoenoprasum var. broteri, Allium schoenoprasum var. buhseanum, Allium schoenoprasum var. caespitans, Allium schoenoprasum var. duriminum, Allium schoenoprasum var. foliosum, Allium schoenoprasum var. gredense, Allium schoenoprasum var. idzuense, Allium schoenoprasum var. latiorifolium, Allium schoenoprasum var. laurentianum, Allium schoenoprasum var. litorale, Allium schoenoprasum var. lusitanicum, Allium schoenoprasum var. pumilum, Allium schoenoprasum var. riparium, Allium schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasioides, Allium schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasoides, Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum, Allium schoenoprasum var. tangoense, Allium schoenoprasum var. vulgare, Allium scorodoprasum var. alvarense, Allium sibiricum, Allium sibiricum schoenoprasoides, Allium sibiricum var. schoenoprasoides, Allium tenuifolium, Allium ubinicum, Allium udinicum, Ascalonicum schoenoprasum, Cepa schoenoprasa, Cepa tenuifolia, Porrum schoenoprasum, Porrum sibiricum, Schoenoprasum vulgare
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
- Species
- Allium schoenoprasum