Allium schoenoprasum

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Allium schoenoprasum, commonly called chives, is a small bulbous perennial which iscommonly used as a culinary herb (mainly employed as a flavouring and garnish on foods). Plants also have good ornamental value.

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Features thin, tubular, grass-like, dark green leaves which typically grow in dense clumps to 12".

Attractive, globular, clover-like clusters of pale purple flowers subtended by papery bracts. They appear in spring and summer on scapes (stems). Often they rising above the foliage to 18" tall.

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Genus name comes from the classical Latin name for garlic.

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The photos are taken near to Sinanisko Lake, Pirin Mountains in Bulgaria.

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