Allium ampeloprasum growing wild in the Greek islands! Read more below about the plant. Learn more about our online courses on herbal medicine & aromatherapy in jointheflow.net Discover my books on bodywork and more: amzn.to/3xhaNey The bulb, leaf and flower can be eaten raw or cooked. Do not consume too large quantities. Allium ampeloprasum comprises several vegetables, of which the most important ones are: leek, elephant garlic or great-headed garlic pearl onion kurrat, Egyptian leek or salad leek – this variety has small bulbs, and primarily the leaves are eaten. Persian leek (Allium ampeloprasum ssp. persicum) - a cultivated allium native to the middle east and Iran, grown for culinary purposes and is called tareh in Persian. The linear green leaves have a mild onion flavor and are eaten raw, either alone, or in food combinations. Wild populations produce bulbs up to 3 cm across. Scapes are round in cross-section, each up to 180 cm tall, bearing an umbel of as many as 500 flowers. Flowers are urn-shaped, up to 6 mm across; tepals white, pink or red; anthers yellow or purple; pollen yellow. Photos by Elefteria Mantzorou, all rights reserved. Text by Wikipedia and pfaf. #herbaleducation #allium #alliumampeloprasum #leek #wildleek #medicinalplants #wildfoodlove #wildfood #myherbalstudies #botany #greekflora #greekfood #wildherbs #foragingforfood #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalremedies #foraging #plantallies #amarrylidaceae (at Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgEIFxpINmN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
