Few-Flowered Leek
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 23rd April 2023 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Taken at Baron's Haugh on 18th March 2022 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode. Fact File
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 4th May 2016 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File
Few Flowered Leek.
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AKA:
Allium paradoxum.
Asparagales.
Amaryllidaceae.
Herbaceous perennial .
Few Flowered Garlic.
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Deciduous woodland.
Grows from a small solitary bulb to about 20–40 cm in height. It's leaves are 5 to 25 mm wide. Most of the flowers are replaced by little bulbs or bulbils and the few (usually only one) proper flowers are white and hermaphrodite.
The Few-flowered Leek is edible and can be eaten raw as well as made into dishes such as pesto. It can also be used as a herb to flavour food, much in the same way as other wild garlics.