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In biology, the BBCH-scale for bulb vegetables describes the phenological development of bulb vegetable plants, such as onion, leek, garlic and shallot, using the BBCH-scale. The phenological growth stages and BBCH-identification keys of bulb vegetables are:
Leeks were eaten in ancient Rome and regarded as superior to garlic and onions. [22] The 1st century CE cookbook Apicius contains four recipes involving leeks. [22] Raw leek was the favorite vegetable of the Emperor Nero, who consumed it in soup or oil, believing it beneficial to the quality of his voice. [23]
Allium victorialis, commonly known as victory onion, Alpine leek, and Alpine broad-leaf allium [5] is a broad-leaved Eurasian species of wild onion. It is a perennial of the Amaryllis family that occurs widely in mountainous regions of Europe and parts of Asia ( Caucasus and Himalayas ).
Allium rotundum, common name round-headed leek or purple-flowered garlic, is a Eurasian and North African species of wild onion. Its native range extends from Spain and Morocco to Iran and European Russia. [2] It is sparingly naturalized in parts of the United States (Michigan and Iowa). [3]
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 southwestern Asia and North Africa, [2] but it is cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in many countries.
Allium ursinum, known as wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows's leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic or bear's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae.
Allium nigrum, common name black garlic, broad-leaved leek, [2] or broadleaf garlic, is a Middle Eastern species of wild onion. It lacks the onion or garlic scent shared by most of the other species in the group. The species is native to Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel but cultivated as an ornamental in many other places. [1]
Allium moly, also known as yellow garlic, [4] golden garlic and lily leek, Is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium, which also includes the flowering and culinary onions and garlic. A bulbous herbaceous perennial from the Mediterranean.