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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Green Onion, Japanese Bunching Onion, Japanese Leek, Welsh Onion, Spanish Onion, Two-bladed Onion GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e. Asia (not known in the wild) COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food (Leaf 3+) Cond KEY FEATURES: A bulbous herb with hollow upright leaves. BULBS clustered, little thicker than the neck. LEAVES 2-6, hollow, cylindrical, to 30cm. FLOWER-STALK robust, hollow, 5+mmØ, to 70cm. FLOWERS clustered from common platform, 5mm long cream, filaments protruding; stalks 10-15mm.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
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Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
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Allium fistulosum Linnaeus
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); LILIOPSIDA (=Monocotyledones); LILIIDAE; Liliales; LILIACEAE

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food (Leaf 3+) Cond. Comments: The green leaves are used in salads, soups and other dishes.

GENERAL NOTE: The name Welsh Onion has nothing to do with Wales. It is a corruption of the early German name "welsche" meaning "foreign".

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.198 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.50 Hortus 3rd
p.44 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zD02

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