Chives
Description
Chives is the common name of Allium schoenoprasum, the smallest species of the edible onions.
A perennial plant, it is native to Europe, Asia and North America Schoenoprasum is the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old Worlds.The name of the species derives from the Greek skhoínos (sedge ) and práson (leek).
Chives are a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial plant, growing to 30–50 cm tall. The bulbs are slender, conical, 2–3 cm long and 1 cm broad, and grow in dense clusters from the roots.
The scapes (or stems) are hollow and tubular, up to 50 cm long, and 2–3 mm in diameter, with a soft texture although, prior to the emergence of a flower, they may appear stiffer than usual. The leaves, which are shorter than the scapes, are also hollow and tubular, or terete, which distinguishes it at a glance from Garlic Chives.
The flowers are pale purple, and star-shaped with six petals, 1–2 cm wide, and produced in a dense inflorescence of 10-30 together; before opening, the inflorescence is surrounded by a papery bract.
The seeds are produced in a small three-valved capsule, maturing in summer. The herb flowers from April to May in the southern parts of its habitat zones and in June in the northern parts.
Chives, scientific name Allium schoenoprasum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae that produces edible leaves and flowers.Their close relatives include the common onions, garlic, shallot, leek, scallion and Chinese onion
Features
- Cooking
- Gourmet cooking
- Bakery
- Very aromatic
- Spicy
- Characteristic taste
Instructions
Instructions Here