Allium hookeri


Allium hookeri is a plant species native to India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bhutan, and southwestern China. Common names include Hooker chives and garlic chives.
Allium hookeri produces thick, fleshy roots and a cluster of thin bulbs. Scapes are up top 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat and narrow, about the same length as the scapes but only 1 cm across. Umbels are crowded with many white or greenish-yellow flowers.

Uses

Allium hookeri is widely cultivated outside its native range, and valued as a food item in much of South and Southeast Asia.