name: Wild Leek

flavor_db_name_variants: wild leek

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Wild leek

id: 396

name_scientific: Allium ampeloprasum

description: Allium ampeloprasum is a member of the onion genus Allium. The wild plant is commonly known as wild leek or broadleaf wild leek. Its native range is southern Europe to western Asia, but it is cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in many countries. Allium ampeloprasum has been differentiated into three cultivated vegetables, namely leek, elephant garlic and kurrat. In tidewater Virginia, the plant is commonly known as the "Yorktown Onion." Wild populations produce bulbs up to 3 cm across. Scapes are round in cross-section, each up to 180 cm tall, bearing an umbel of as many as 500 flowers. Flowers are urn-shaped, up to 6 mm across; tepals white, pink or red; anthers yellow or purple; pollen yellow.

itis_id: 42708

wikipedia_id: Allium_ampeloprasum

picture_file_name: 401.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 24526

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:39:25.000Z

legacy_id: 428

food_group: Vegetables

food_subgroup: Onion-family vegetables

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:39.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 4681

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00396