Allium schoenoprasum var. foliosum ("Asatsuki")

Japanese name: アサツキ
Scientific name: Allium schoenoprasum var. foliosum

[Overview]
A bulbous perennial.
The leaves are slender and tubular, 3–5 mm wide, with semicircular projections along the veins.
The above-ground parts die back in summer and the plant goes dormant.
Many pale reddish-purple flowers are borne in a ball at the tip of a flower stalk about 50 cm long.
The fruiting rate is low.

[Uses]
The leaves and young bulbs are eaten.

[Cultivation]
It is easy to grow.
It tillers vigorously.
Propagation is vegetative, by bulbs.

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