Galapagos Species Database
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Allium schoenoprasum
Cebollín, cebollin de hojas, cebollino, wild chives
It is used as a poison and a medicine and for food (POWO, 2022).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Allium
Species
schoenoprasum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Allium schoenoprasum var. laurentianum Fernald
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2004
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Its native range is Temp. Northern Hemisphere (POWO, 2022).
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Allium schoenoprasum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1902. Accessed 4 November 2026.