| Scientific Name: | Allium tuberosum |
| Common Name: | garlic chives, Chinese chives |
| Family Name: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Herb, Perennial border, Rock garden, Summer interest, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Distinctive smell, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Umbel, White, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Clump forming; leaves long, strap-shaped (hollow but flattened in c.s.) and from a single tuft (basal). | |