Allium schoenoprasum

Peynir sirmosu

Bulbs oblong-cylindrical, 0.5-1 cm diam., clustered in dense clumps on a short rhizome; outer tunics brown, papyraceous or subcoriaceous, sometimes splitting into strips. Stem 10-60 cm, hollow. Leaves 1-2, cylindrical, 2-6 mm broad, fistulose. Spathe to 1.5 cm, with 2-3 mucronate lobes, persistent, shorter than or equalling umbel, often coloured. Umbel hemispherical or sub-spherical, 2-3 cm diam., dense. Pedicels 2-8 mm, unequal. Perianth narrowly campanulate; segments pale pink, lilac-pink, lilac or pinkish-purple, rarely white, lanceolate, 7-10 mm, glossy, attenuate-acuminate. Filaments included, 1/2 x perianth segments. Anthers yellow. Capsule 4 mm. Fl. 6-8. Streamsides, nr lakes, alpine meadows, damp ledges of shady limestone cliffs, grassy pastures, nr melting snow, 2000-3300 m.

Europe, Caucasia, N. Iraq, W. & C. Iran, Pakistan, Turkestan, Siberia, E. Asia, N. America. Cultivated for its edible leaves .