Allium ampeloprasum

Wild leek
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. ampeloprasum
Binomial name
Allium ampeloprasum L.
Synonyms
Species synonymy Allium adscendens Kunth Allium albescens Guss. Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii (Borrer) Syme Allium ampeloprasum var. bertolonii (De Not.) Nyman Allium ampeloprasum var. bulbiferum Syme Allium ampeloprasum var. bulgaricum Podp. Allium ampeloprasum var. caudatum Pamp. Allium ampeloprasum subsp. euampeloprasum Hayek Allium ampeloprasum var. gasparrinii (Guss.) Nyman Allium ampeloprasum var. gracile Cavara Allium ampeloprasum subsp. halleri Nyman Allium ampeloprasum var. holmense Asch. & Graebn. Allium ampeloprasum f. holmense (Asch. & Graebn.) Holmboe Allium ampeloprasum subsp. porrum (L.) Hayek Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum (L.) J.Gay Allium ampeloprasum var. pylium (De Not.) Asch. & Graebn. Allium ampeloprasum subsp. thessalum (Boiss.) Nyman Allium ampeloprasum var. wiedemannii Regel Allium ascendens Ten. Allium babingtonii Borrer Allium bertolonii De Not. Allium byzantinum K.Koch Allium duriaeanum Regel Allium durieuanum Walp. Allium gasparrinii Guss. Allium halleri G.Don Allium holmense Mill. ex Kunth Allium kurrat Schweinf. ex K.Krause Allium laetum Salisb. Allium lineare Mill. Allium porraceum Gray Allium porrum L. Allium porrum var. ampeloprasum (L.) Mirb. Allium porrum subsp. euampeloprasum Breistr. Allium porrum var. kurrat (Schweinf. ex K.Krause) Seregin Allium pylium De Not. Allium scopulicola Font Quer Allium scorodoprasum subsp. babingtonii (Borrer) Nyman Allium spectabile De Not. Allium syriacum Boiss. Allium thessalum Boiss. Porrum amethystinum Rchb. Porrum ampeloprasum (L.) Mill. Porrum commune Rchb. Porrum sativum Mill.

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 is regarded as native to all the countries bordering on the Black, Adriatic, and Mediterranean Seas from Portugal to Egypt to Romania. In Russia and Ukraine, it is considered invasive except in Crimea, where it is native. It is also native to Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, Iran and Iraq. It is considered naturalized in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Czech Republic, the Baltic States, Belarus, the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, China, Australia (all states except Queensland and Tasmania), Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the United States (southeastern region plus California, New York State, Ohio and Illinois), Galápagos, and Argentina. In tidewater Virginia, where it is commonly known as the "Yorktown onion", it is protected by law in York County.

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