Allium schoenoprasum
About
Common Name(s): Chive, Chives, Common Onions, Garlic, Shallot, Leek, Scallion
Scientific Name: Allium schoenoprasum
Classification: Plantae, Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Monocots, Asparagales, Amaryllidaceae, Allioideae, Allium, Schoenoprasum
Where can you find me?
I am native to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, China, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Siberia, Turkey, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, France, Portugal, and Spain. I can also be found in Canada and America.
My name:
The epithet "schoenoprasum" comes from the Greek words skhoínos and práson. Skhoínos means "rush", which refers to the genus Juncus, which has grass-like, tubular leaves. Práson means "leek". Together, it means "rush leek", which refers to how this species looks like a rush. For my common name, it comes from the Old French Word ciive, which means onion!
Chive clump.