Description: This is a similar to the cultivated culinary leek (Allium porrum) but the flowers are lilac or purple in colour (not white). The stems are up to 4 feet tall with long narrow leaves. The flowers are produced in rounded clusters called umbels which also have small bulbils mixed in among them. It is a rare species, probably an ancient introduction, in a few places by the sea.

All names: Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii (Borrer) Syme; Allium babingtonii Borrer

Distribution Map from NBN: Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.