Herb
Allium tuberosum
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Allium tuberosum is the botanical species of garlic chives—flat-leaved, white-flowered, garlic-scented culinary allium of East Asia. Species entry equals garlic chive cookery. Spreads by seed; deadhead if needed to control.
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Preparations
ButterChinese Stir FryEggFreshGarnishSnipped
Traits
CulinaryEast AsianFlatFlat LeafGarlicGarlic Chive SpeciesSpeciesWhite Umbel
History
Botany eventually stabilised A. tuberosum naming.
CN
Species underpinned Chinese jiucai production.
Global horticulture spread A. tuberosum beyond Asia.
Chefs listed A. tuberosum separately from A. schoenoprasum.