Index / Search / Allium schoenoprasum

§1 Plant

Allium schoenoprasum L.

vernacular wild chives — species · Liliaceae


USDA
ALSC
GBIF
2855860
Rank
species
wild chives (Allium schoenoprasum)

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Liliaceae Juss.
Genus
Allium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 68 counties across 11 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 0 Both · 68 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 68 counties across 11 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 14 B
Maine view state ↗ 8 B
Maryland view state ↗ 1 B
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 B
Montana view state ↗ 9 B
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 B
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 B
New York view state ↗ 15 B
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 6 B
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 B
Vermont view state ↗ 2 B

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ALSC ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2855860 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

fetched 2026-05-26T03:31:52Z