Chives, scientific name Allium schoenoprasum, are an edible species of the genus Allium. Their close relatives include the garlic, shallot, leek, scallion, and Chinese onion.
The onion, also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. Its close relatives include the garlic, leek, chive, and Chinese onion.
Allium tuberosum is a species of onion native to southwestern parts of the Chinese province of Shanxi, and cultivated and naturalized elsewhere in Asia and around the world.
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 neapolitanum is a perennial bulbous plant in the onion subfamily within the Amaryllis family.
Allium chinense is an edible species of Allium, native to China and Korea, and cultivated in many other countries. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and garlic.
Allium kokanicum is an Old World bulb geophyte, native to mountains parts of Central Asia. It is a bulb-forming perennial up to 20 cm tall with pale red to pale purple flowers.
Allium stipitatum, Persian shallot, is an Asian species of onion native to central and southwestern Asia.
Allium przewalskianum is an Asian species of wild onion in the Amaryllis family.
Allium atrosanguineum an Asian species of onion native to China, Siberia, Mongolia, and Central Asia. It grows high in the mountains at elevations of 2400–5400 m.
Allium humile is an Asian species of wild onion found at high elevations in India, Nepal, northern Pakistan, Tibet, and Yunnan.
Allium jacquemontii is a plant species native to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Xizang (Tibet) and Xinjiang. It grows high in the mountains at elevations of 4000–4500 m.
Allium platyspathum is an Asian species of wild onion. It has been reported from Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Altay Krai, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan. It grows in damp locations at elevations of 1900–3700 m.
Allium caspium is a species of onions named for the Caspian Sea. It is native to the southern parts of European Russia, as well as central and southwestern Asia
Allium caesioides is a plant species found in the high mountains of India, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. It has an egg-shaped bulb about 10 cm across, a scape up to 30 cm tall, hair-like leaves, and purple flowers.
Allium chitralicum is a plant species found in the Himalayas of Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan. It has an egg-shaped bulb up to 15 mm long, narrow leaves, and rose-colored flowers.
Allium dolichostylum is an Asian species of onion native to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is a perennial herb up to 50 cm tall, with a dense umbel of purple flowers.
Allium filidens is a species of onion found at high elevations of central and south-central Asia. It is a bulb-forming perennial up to 45 cm tall, forming a hemispherical umbel of flowers; tepals white or pink with a purple midvein.
Allium is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants that includes hundreds of species, including the cultivated onion, garlic, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives. The generic name Allium is the Latin word for garlic, and the type species for the genus is Allium sativum which means "cultivated garlic".
