Allium spirale

Allium spirale, also known as Korean aging chive, is a plant species native to Korea, Primorye, and parts of China.CHOI, H. J. and OH, B. U. (2011), A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 153–211. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x It is cultivated in many other regions and has for some reason obtained the common name German garlic.Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium spirale Other common names include spiral onion, corkscrew onion, and curly chives.Agroatlas, Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries, Allium spirale

Allium spirale forms a cluster of narrow bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are flat, long and narrow, shorter than the scape but only about 5 mm across, generally twisted in a helical fashion. Umbel is hemispheric, densely crowded with many flowers. Tepals pink with a dark red midvein.Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1814. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis 17.Kharkevich SS., ed. 1987. Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East. V.2. Leningrad: Nauka. 446 p.

Habitat Allium spirale typically grows on dry slopes, loess, steppes, and places with significant amounts of sand, gravel or stone.

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