Allium ampeloprasum is a member of the onion genus Allium. The wild plant is commonly known as wild leek or broadleaf wild leek. Its native range is southern Europe to western Asia, but it is cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in many countries.
The species may have been introduced to Britain by prehistoric people, where its habitat consists of rocky places near the coast in south-west England and Wales.[8][9]
Allium ampeloprasum has been differentiated into five cultivated vegetables, namely leek, elephant garlic, pearl onion, kurrat, and Persian leek.
Wild populations produce bulbs up to 3 cm across. Scapes are round in cross-section, each up to 180 cm tall, bearing an umbel of as many as 500 flowers. Flowers are urn-shaped, up to 6 mm across; tepals white, pink or red; anthers yellow or purple; pollen yellow.[3][10]
kurrat,[8][11] Egyptian leek or salad leek – this variety has small bulbs, and primarily the leaves are eaten.
Persian leek (Allium ampeloprasum ssp. persicum) - a cultivated allium native to the middle east and Iran, grown for culinary purposes and is called tareh in Persian. The linear green leaves have a mild onion flavor and are eaten raw, either alone, or in food combinations.[12]
^Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Allium ampeloprasum
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^"Allium ampeloprasum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
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^Mousavi, Amir; Kashi, Abedolkarim; Davoodi, Daryoush; Shariatpanahi, Mohammad Sanei (2006). "Characterization of an Allium Cultivated in Iran: The Persian Leek". Belgian Journal of Botany. 139 (1): 115–123. JSTOR 20794599.
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Kurrat redirects here For the surname see Kurrat surname Allium ampeloprasum is a member of the onion genus Allium The wild plant is commonly known as wild leek or broadleaf wild leek Its native range is southern Europe to western Asia but it is cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in many countries Wild leekConservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 Scientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade MonocotsOrder AsparagalesFamily AmaryllidaceaeSubfamily AllioideaeGenus AlliumSpecies A ampeloprasumBinomial nameAllium ampeloprasumL Synonyms 1 Species synonymy Allium adscendens KunthAllium albescens Guss Allium ampeloprasum var babingtonii Borrer SymeAllium ampeloprasum var bertolonii De Not NymanAllium ampeloprasum var bulbiferum SymeAllium ampeloprasum var bulgaricum Podp Allium ampeloprasum var caudatum Pamp Allium ampeloprasum subsp euampeloprasum HayekAllium ampeloprasum var gasparrinii Guss NymanAllium ampeloprasum var gracile 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Porrum amethystinum Rchb Porrum ampeloprasum L Mill Porrum commune Rchb Porrum sativum Mill Allium ampeloprasum is regarded as native to all the countries bordering on the Black Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas from Portugal to Egypt to Romania In Russia and Ukraine it is considered invasive except in Crimea where it is native It is also native to Ethiopia Uzbekistan Iran and Iraq It is considered naturalized in the United Kingdom Ireland the Czech Republic the Baltic States Belarus the Azores Madeira the Canary Islands Armenia Azerbaijan Afghanistan China Australia all states except Queensland and Tasmania Mexico the Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Haiti the United States southeastern region plus California New York State Ohio and Illinois Galapagos and Argentina 2 3 4 5 6 In tidewater Virginia where it is commonly known as the Yorktown onion it is protected by law in York County 7 The species may have been introduced to Britain by prehistoric people where its habitat consists of rocky places near the coast in south west England and Wales 8 9 Allium ampeloprasum has been differentiated into five cultivated vegetables namely leek elephant garlic pearl onion kurrat and Persian leek Wild populations produce bulbs up to 3 cm across Scapes are round in cross section each up to 180 cm tall bearing an umbel of as many as 500 flowers Flowers are urn shaped up to 6 mm across tepals white pink or red anthers yellow or purple pollen yellow 3 10 Contents 1 Vegetables 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksVegetables EditAllium ampeloprasum comprises several vegetables of which the most notable ones are leek elephant garlic or great headed garlic pearl onion kurrat 8 11 Egyptian leek or salad leek this variety has small bulbs and primarily the leaves are eaten Persian leek Allium ampeloprasum ssp persicum a cultivated allium native to the middle east and Iran grown for culinary purposes and is called tareh in Persian The linear green leaves have a mild onion flavor and are eaten raw either alone or in food combinations 12 nbsp Spathe unfurling to reveal buds nbsp Spathe fully unfurled nbsp Allium ampeloprasum MHNT nbsp SectionSee also EditAllium tricoccum RamsonsReferences Edit Allium ampeloprasum World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Royal Botanic Gardens Kew via The Plant List Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Allium ampeloprasum a b McNeal Jr Dale W Jacobsen T D 2002 Allium ampeloprasum In Flora of North America Editorial Committee ed Flora of North America North of Mexico FNA Vol 26 New York and Oxford Oxford University Press via eFloras org Missouri Botanical Garden St Louis MO amp Harvard University Herbaria Cambridge MA Allium ampeloprasum County level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas NAPA Biota of North America Program BONAP 2014 Xu Jiemei Kamelin Rudolf V Allium porrum Flora of China Vol 24 via eFloras org Missouri Botanical Garden St Louis MO amp Harvard University Herbaria Cambridge MA Altervista Schede di Botanica Yorktown Onion Archived 2016 08 11 at the Wayback Machine York County Virginia a b Allium ampeloprasum Plants for a Future CHRISTOPHER D PRESTON DAVID A PEARMAN ALLAN R HALL 2004 Archaeophytes in Britain Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 145 3 257 294 doi 10 1111 j 1095 8339 2004 00284 x p 264 Gleason H A amp A J Cronquist 1991 Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada ed 2 i 910 New York Botanical Garden Bronx Grubben G J H amp Denton O A 2004 Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2 Vegetables PROTA Foundation Wageningen Backhuys Leiden CTA Wageningen Mousavi Amir Kashi Abedolkarim Davoodi Daryoush Shariatpanahi Mohammad Sanei 2006 Characterization of an Allium Cultivated in Iran The Persian Leek Belgian Journal of Botany 139 1 115 123 JSTOR 20794599 External links EditPROTAbase on Allium ampeloprasum Allium ampeloprasum in Guernsey Allium ampeloprasum in the USA Flora of 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