Amaryllidaceae

Thunberg's chive

Allium thunbergii G.Don

Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Allium

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Thunberg's chive (Allium thunbergii) — FlowerPhoto: Yoshimasa Uchiyama, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Chinese: 山薤, 山韭, 球序韭, 野蒜頭
English: Thunberg's chive
Japanese: ヤマラッキョウ
Korean: 산달래
Swedish: Japansk lök

Synonyms

Allium arenarium Thunb.
Allium bakeri var. morrisonense (Hayata) Tang S.Liu & S.S.Ying
Allium cyaneum f. stenodon (Nakai & Kitag.) Kitag.
Allium cyaneum var. stenodon (Nakai & Kitag.) Kitag.
Allium odorum Thunb.
Allium senescens Thunb.
Allium triquetrum Lour.

Flowers

In flower: October (from 38 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Yoshimasa Uchiyama, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 本人, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: tuirnee, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Koichi Oda, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Koichi Oda, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Koichi Oda, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.