Other conspecific taxa:

• Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum (0 accessions)
• Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii (0 accessions)

Synonyms:

• (=) Allium ampeloprasum var. holmense Asch. & Graebn.

Common names:

• vild purjolök  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of leek (fide Allium Crop Sci 89. 2002)
• Gene sources: progenitor of leek (fide Allium Crop Sci 89. 2002)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of garlic (fide Theor Appl Genet 107:4. 2003)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt, Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
• WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt, [Sinai] Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Ireland, United Kingdom
• EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Cultivated

Africa

• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.w.)

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece, Italy
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
• Europe

Northern America

• Mexico, United States

Southern America

• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile


Naturalized

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]

Northern America

• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [New York (Suffock Co.), Ohio, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois (s.), Oklahoma]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2217. Accessed 12 marzo 2026.