Oriental chive facts for kids

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Scientific classification
Genus:	Allium
Species:	maximowiczii
Synonyms
Allium ledebourianum var. maximowiczii (Regel) Q.S. Sun Allium maximowiczii f. leucanthum (H.Hara) T.Shimizu Allium maximowiczii var. shibutsuense (Kitam.) Ohwi Allium maximowiczii var. yezomonticola (H.Hara) T.Shimizu Allium prostratum Maxim. 1859, illegitimate homonym not Trevir. 1822 Allium schoenoprasum subsp. maximowiczii (Regel) Bondarenko ex Korovina Allium schoenoprasum var. bellum Kitam. Allium schoenoprasum f. leucanthum H.Hara Allium schoenoprasum var. orientale Regel Allium schoenoprasum var. shibutsuense Kitam. Allium schoenoprasum var. yezomonticola H.Hara

Allium maximowiczii, English common name oriental chive, is an Asian plant species native to Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, Japan, Korea and northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin and Inner Mongolia).

Allium maximowiczii produces one or two bulbs. Scape is up to 70 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scape. Umbels are densely packed with large numbers of pink or red flowers.

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