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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Liliaceae
Allium schoenoprasum L.
chives
Allium: Latin for "garlic"
schoenoprasum: schoenos from schoinos, a rush, reed; prason for "leek"
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-20" tall forb, onion odor; stems stout; roots a stem-like bulb |
| Flower: | purple to pink, 6-parted, 1/3"-1/2" long; inflorescence several small, dense, rounded umbels; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | capsule |
| Leaf: | many, hollow, round in cross-section, and mostly along the stem |
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