Amaryllidaceae
Chinese chives
Allium tuberosum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- إليوم توبروسيوم
- arz
- اليوم توبروسيوم
- Bangla
- চিভ
- bjn
- Kucai
- Cantonese
- 韮菜
- Catalan
- Cibulet de la Xina
- Chinese
- 韭菜, 薤白, 韭, 韭子, 韭根, 韭菜子, 韭菜苔, 韭（韭菜）
- Czech
- Česnek hlíznatý
- dtp
- Losun
- Dutch
- Chinese bieslook
- English
- Chinese chives, Leek, Garlic chives, Kutsay
- Esperanto
- Ĉina ajlo
- Filipino
- Kutsay
- Finnish
- Kiinansipuli
- French
- Ciboule de Chine
- German
- Knoblauch-Schnittlauch
- gor
- Kucai
- Indonesian
- Kucai, Bawang kucai, Daun kucai
- Japanese
- ニラ, にら, キュウシ, キュウハク, 韮, 韮子, 韮白, 黄ニラ
- Javanese
- Kucai
- Korean
- 부추, 정구지
- lzh
- 韭
- Macedonian
- Кинески власец
- Malay
- Kucai
- mnc
- ᠰᡝᠩᡴᡠᠯᡝ
- nan
- Kú-chhài
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kinaløk
- pam
- Kuse
- Polish
- Czosnek bulwiasty
- Portuguese
- Cebolinho chinês
- Russian
- Лук клубневой, Джусай, Джюсай, Жусай, Лук дикий, Лук душистый, Лук китайский, Лук пахучий
- Spanish
- Cuchay
- Sundanese
- Kucay
- Swedish
- Kinesisk gräslök
- Thai
- กุยช่าย, กุ้ยช่าย
- Urdu
- ثوم دَرَنیہ, Chinese chives, Garlic chives, ثوم حدبہ, ثوم درنیہ, نیرا, چینی کراث
- Uyghur
- كۈدە
- vec
- Ajo cineze, Àgio cineze
- Vietnamese
- Hẹ, Cửu thái, Cửu thái tử, Khởi dương thảo
- za
- Byaekgep
Synonyms
- Allium angulosum Lour.
- Allium argyi H.Lév.
- Allium chinense Maxim.
- Allium clarkei Hook.f.
- Allium roxburghii Kunth
- Allium sulvia Buch.-Ham.
- Allium tuberosum f. yezoense (Nakai) M.Hiroe
- Allium uliginosum G.Don
- Allium yesoense Nakai
- Allium yezoense Nakai
- Nothoscordum sulvia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kunth
Flowers
- In flower
- August to November (from 590 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jasper Shide, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Norio Nomura, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Taraxacumseeds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.