Common Name: Chives

Scientific Name: Allium schoenoprasum

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Origins: North America, Europe and Asia (native)

Flowering Time: June to August

Habitat: Shallow bedrock soils and crevices. Along rivers and lakes.

Range: Found throughout most of North Amercia, Europe and Asia.

Use: Edible. Used as a culinary herb. Mild onion flavour. Can be used fresh or dried. Have mild stimulant, diuretic and antiseptic properties.

Sources:

“Allium schoenoprasum L. is an accepted name”. 23 March 2012. theplantlist.org. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

Gualtiero Simonetti (1990). Stanley Schuler, ed. Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Herbs and Spices. Simon & Schuster, Inc. ISBN 0-671-73489-X.