Allium schoenoprasum L.

Spice In the field

Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Allium

Catalan common name: All.

Spanish common name: Ajo morisco. Cebollino común.

Province distribution: Girona. Lleida.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Eurosiberian with a big area

Uses and properties: Edible or foodstuffs. Medicinal. Symbolic uses.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Mulleres de montaña, peat bog, mountainous lakes.

Characteristics: Stream banks, fissures with dripping water, wet grasslands, etc. A bulbous plant with cylindrical or semi cylindrical leaves more than 0.5 mm in width. Similar to A. paniculatum , has noncuspid staminal filaments and has a spathe with two valves, and is different from this later species in that the flowering pedicels are shorter than the perianth and the tepals are greater than 7.5 mm.