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Wild Leek - Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii

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Wild Leek Wild Leek - Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii dylan South Gloucester 7 Aug 2025, 4:43 p.m. 20 Jul 2025, 3:19 p.m.
Wild Leek Wild Leek - Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii dylan South Gloucester 7 Aug 2025, 4:43 p.m. 20 Jul 2025, 3:17 p.m.
Wild Leek Wild Leek - Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii dylan South Gloucester 7 Aug 2025, 4:43 p.m. 20 Jul 2025, 3:18 p.m.
Wild Leek Wild Leek - Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii dylan South Gloucester 7 Aug 2025, 4:43 p.m. 20 Jul 2025, 3:18 p.m.

Species Description

Restricted to south-west England and Ireland. Habitat includes: roadsides, hedgebanks, tracksides, fields, coasts, cliffs, old ruins / settlements, streamsides, wasteland etc. Also sometimes a garden escape.

Stace 4:

Var. babingtonii (Borrer) Syme.

With bulbils (8-15mm) and flowers in a rather loose umbel, often with some pedicels bearing secondary heads, is endemic to South West England and Ireland, hence possibly native.

Useful Links:

Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

Kew

GBIF

NBN