Allium schoenoprasum L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Chives
🇫🇷 Civette, Ciboulette, Ciboule, Ail civette

Taxonomy

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

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

A. schoenoprasum var. alpinum DC., 1815;
A. schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasum L., 1753, P.

Photographs

img/allium-schoenoprasum.webp — Allium schoenoprasum

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

img/allium-schoenoprasum-3.webp — Allium schoenoprasum - Flower buds

Sources

Kell, S.P., Draper, D., Bulińska, Z., Korpelainen, H., Magos Brehm, J., Labokas, J., Eliáš, P., Smekalova, T., Strajeru, S., & Tavares, M. (2011). Allium schoenoprasum (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172256/6858626
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 81). Biotope.