Allium spirale

{{short description|Species of plant}}

{{Speciesbox

|name = Allium spirale

|taxon = Allium spirale

|parent = Allium subg. Rhizirideum

|authority = Willd.

|synonyms=

• Allium canescens Schult. & Schult.f.
• Allium longicaule Schult. & Schult.f.
• Allium senescens Ker Gawl. 1808, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 nor Miq. 1867 nor Host 1827 nor Suter 1802 nor Thunb. 1784
• Allium spurium Schult. & Schult.f. 1830, illegitimate homonym not G. Don 1827
• Allium trisulcum Schult. & Schult.f.

|synonyms_ref=[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=296646 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

}}

Allium spirale, also known as Korean aging chive,{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |title=English Names for Korean Native Plants |publisher=Korea National Arboretum |year=2015 |isbn=978-89-97450-98-5 |location=Pocheon |pages=348 |access-date=17 December 2016 |via=Korea Forest Service |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |archivedate=25 May 2017 }} is a plant species native to Korea, Primorye, and parts of China.CHOI, H. J. and OH, B. U. (2011), A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 153–211. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x It is cultivated in many other regions and has for some reason obtained the common name German garlic.[http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1361/ Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium spirale] Other common names include spiral onion, corkscrew onion, and curly chives.[http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/related/Allium_spirale/ Agroatlas, Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries, Allium spirale]

Allium spirale forms a cluster of narrow bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are flat, long and narrow, shorter than the scape but only about 5 mm across, generally twisted in a helical fashion. Umbel is hemispheric, densely crowded with many flowers. Tepals pink with a dark red midvein.Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1814. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis 17.Kharkevich SS., ed. 1987. Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East. V.2. Leningrad: Nauka. 446 p.