Allium scorodoprasum 2848907 224534181 2008-07-09T08:16:40Z QualiaBot 4198854 robot Adding: [[pl:Czosnek wężowy]] {{Taxobox | name = Sand Leek | image = Illustration Allium scorodoprasum0.jpg | image_width = 200px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Asparagales]] | familia = [[Alliaceae]] | tribus = [[Allieae]] | genus = ''[[Allium]]'' | species = '''''A. scorodoprasum''''' | binomial = ''Allium scorodoprasum'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} The '''Sand leek''' (''Allium scorodoprasum''), also known as '''Rocambole''', is a [[perennial plant]] of the family [[Alliaceae]]. It should not be confused with Rocambole garlic, which is ''[[Allium sativum|A. sativum]] ''var.'' ophioscorodon''. According to garlic grower Ron Engeland, ''A. scorodoprasum'' is edible but seldom cultivated, and has a shorter flower stalk and fewer and more inconsistently shaped cloves than Rocambole garlic. Sand leek also has a dark violet bulb wrapper.<ref>Growing Great Garlic, 2nd Edition, Filaree Productions, 1992, p. 7.</ref> [[Elephant garlic]] (properly ''A. ampeloprasum ''var.'' ampeloprasum'') is also sometimes incorrectly sold as ''A. scorodoprasum''. ==References== <div class="references-small"><references/></div> {{Asparagales-stub}} [[Category:Allium]] [[co:Allium scorodoprasum]] [[de:Schlangen-Lauch]] [[fr:Ail rocambole]] [[hsb:Ješćerći kobołk]] [[pl:Czosnek wężowy]] [[pt:Alho-de-espanha]] [[ur:لہسن رملی]]