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Scientific Name: | Allium ampeloprasum (Porrum Group) |
Common Name: | leek |
Family Name: | Amaryllidaceae |
Origin: | Africa, Central / west Asia, Europe |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
Plant Type: | Biennial |
Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
Habit: | Arching, Upright |
Form: | Vase |
Texture: | Medium |
Landscape Uses: | Urban agriculture |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul |
Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep |
Key ID Features: | |
Onion-like biennials but varieties grown for stems may lack distinct bulbs; leaves sheathing, linear and gradually narrowing down to the fine tip; 2-3cm wide near centre; umbels on peduncles 30-1.2m tall, florets tightly clustered, urn-shaped. |