ALLIUMFISTULOSUM
Allium fistulosum
Allium fistulosum L. is a perennial onion. Other names that may be applied to this plant include green onion, spring onion, scallion, escallion, and salad onion. These names are ambiguous, as they may also be used to refer to any young green onion stalk, whether grown from Welsh onions, common onions, or other similar members of the genus Allium . The species is very similar in taste and odor to the related common onion, Allium cepa, and hybrids between the two exist. The Welsh onion, however, does not develop bulbs, and possesses hollow leaves and ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Allium fistulosum
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