Allium - Species

Species

See List of Allium species for a full list. Some important species include:

• Allium acuminatum — tapertip onion, Hooker's onion
• Allium allegheniense — Appalachian onion
• Allium ampeloprasum — (broadleaf) wild leek
  • A. ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum — elephant garlic
  • A. ampeloprasum var. kurrat — kurrat
  • A. ampeloprasum var. porrum — leek
• Allium anceps — twinleaf onion
• Allium angulosum — mouse garlic
• Allium aflatunense — flowering onion
• Allium atrorubens — dark red onion
• Allium caeruleum — blue globe onion
• Allium campanulatum — dusky onion
• Allium canadense — Canadian garlic
• Allium cepa — onion, garden onion, bulb onion, common onion
• Allium cernuum — nodding onion
• Allium chinense — Chinese onion, Chinese scallion, Japanese scallion, Oriental onion
• Allium fistulosum — Welsh onion
• Allium giganteum — giant onion
• Allium hollandicum — flowering onion
• Allium neapolitanum — white garlic
• Allium nevii — Nevius' garlic
• Allium nigrum — black garlic
• Allium oleraceum — field garlic
• Allium oschaninii — shallot
• Allium paradoxum — few-flowered garlic
• Allium ramosum — fragrant garlic
• Allium sativum — garlic
• Allium schoenoprasum — chives
• Allium scorodoprasum — sand leek
• Allium siculum — Mediterranean bells, Sicilian honey garlic
• Allium sieberianum — Schult.f.
• Allium stipitatum — Persian shallot
• Allium textile — prairie onion
• Allium tricoccum — wild leek, ramp
• Allium triquetrum — three-cornered leek, triquetous garlic
• Allium tuncelianum — Tunceli garlic, Ovacik garlic
• Allium tuberosum — Chinese chives
• Allium ursinum — buckrams, wild garlic, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear's garlic
• Allium vineale — crow garlic, wild garlic