Allium scorodoprasum
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{{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''.
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