Amaryllidaceae
Sand leek
Allium scorodoprasum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- ثوم رملي
- Armenian
- Արապլեզ
- arz
- ثوم رملى
- Belarusian
- Цыбуля прычасночная, Ракамболь, Іспанскі часнок
- Bulgarian
- Рокамбол
- Catalan
- All rodó
- Czech
- Česnek ořešec
- Dutch
- Slangenlook
- English
- Sand leek, Korean pickled-peel garlic, Rocambole
- Estonian
- Metslauk
- Finnish
- Käärmeenlaukka
- French
- Ail rocambole, Rocambole
- German
- Schlangen-Lauch, Schlangenlauch, Alpen-Schnittlauch, Rocambole
- Hebrew
- שום עגול
- hsb
- Ješćerći kobołk
- Hungarian
- Kígyóhagyma
- io
- Rokambolo
- Korean
- 조선마늘, 마눌
- Latvian
- Ķiploku sīpols
- Lithuanian
- Porinis česnakas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bendelløk
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Bendellauk
- Polish
- Czosnek wężowy, Rokambuł
- Portuguese
- Alho-de-espanha, Alho de Espanha, Alho espanhol, Alho grosso de Espanha, Alho mourisco, Alho rocambole, Alho-espanhol, Alho-grosso-de-espanha
- Russian
- Лук причесночный, Змеиный чеснок, Лук-рокамболь, Рокамболь
- Spanish
- Ajete de perro, Ajo de viña, Ajo pardo, Ajo porruno, Ajo salvaje, Cepa schoenoprasa
- Swedish
- Skogslök, Kajplök
- Turkish
- It soğanı
- Urdu
- لہسن رملی, Giant garlic, Rocambole, Sand garlic, Sand leek, Spanish garlic
- Welsh
- Cenhinen y nadroedd
Synonyms
- Allium ampeloprasum var. margaritaceum Moench
- Allium arenarium L.
- Allium contortum Stokes
- Allium neglectum Wender.
- Allium obscurum M.Bieb. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Allium persicum Fisch. ex Regel
- Allium scorodoprasum var. multibulbillatum Y.N.Lee
- Allium scorodoprasum var. obscurum (M.Bieb. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Nyman
- Allium supranisianum Sailer
- Allium violaceum Gilib.
- Ascalonicum scorodoprasum (L.) P.Renault
- Porrum arenarium (L.) Rchb.
- Porrum scorodoprasum (L.) Rchb.
Flowers
- In flower
- June (from 687 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: helmlingen.net, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: aga_l_, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aga_l_, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.