allium ampeloprasum

Elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum) produces huge cloves with a mild flavour.

Also found here is the nationally scarce Babington's leek (Allium ampeloprasum ssp.

Elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum var.

One of the best-known "garlics", the so-called elephant garlic, is actually a wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum), and not a true garlic.

There are also a number of relatively rare plants, such as rock sea-lavender (Limonium binervosum), and wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum).

Leek (Allium ampeloprasum) - Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum)

With its long, arching stems and purple/white flower heads in summer, Babington's leek (Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii) is an essential in any garden I design.

Here the nationally scarce species of Babington's Leek (Allium ampeloprasum) and Hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus subbiflorus) grows, and a variety of invertebrates can be found.

Experts have recorded the highest count for the wild leek Allium ampeloprasum, the ancestor of the national symbol of Wales, since it was discovered at the site at South Stack on Anglesey over a decade ago.

Other plants known to be pollinated by it include the mastic tree Pistacia lentiscus, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, wild leek Allium ampeloprasum, clustered carline thistle Carlina corymbosa and the sea daffodil Pancratium maritimum.