Allium ampeloprasum L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Wild Leek
🇫🇷 Ail faux poireau, Carambole, Poireau des vignes, Poireau d’été, Poireau du levant

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Species: Allium ampeloprasum

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

A. ampeloprasum subsp. ampeloprasum
- var. ampeloprasum L., 1753, I;
- var. porrum (L.) J.Gay, 1847, M (het. syn. A. porrum L., 1753);
A. ampeloprasum subsp. polyanthum (Schult. & Schult.f.) O.Bolòs, Vigo, Masalles & Ninot, 1990, P (het. syn. A. polyanthum Schult. & Schult.f., 1830).

Photographs

img/allium-ampeloprasum.webp — Allium ampeloprasum

img/allium-ampeloprasum-2.webp — Allium ampeloprasum

img/allium-ampeloprasum-3.webp — Allium ampeloprasum

Sources

Korpelainen, H., Holubec, V., Asdal, Å., Magos Brehm, J., Labokas, J., Vögel, R., & Eliáš, P. (2011). Allium ampeloprasum (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172192/6846030
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 76). Biotope.