Chives
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Chives, scientific name Allium schoenoprasum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.
Cut chive leaves as used for preparing food
Allium schoenoprasum Bombus lapidarius Tootsi
386 Allium schoenoprasum
Seedlings
Scallion
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Scallions are edible vegetables of various species in the genus Allium. Scallions generally have a milder taste than most onions. Green onions/scallions have a long, delicate green stem that is white
Chives
…growing solitary, instead of in clumps, also exhibiting dingy grey flowers. Close relatives of chives include common onions, garlic, shallot, leek, scallion, and Chinese onion. The terete hollow leaves distinguish the plant from Allium tuberosum (garlic chives), which has the leaves flattened and strap-like…
A bundle of "red scallions"
A germinating scallion, 10 days old
A close-up view of spring onions (note the larger bulbs)
Chopped scallions