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Wild leek ( Allium ampeloprasum ) is a plant species in the Amaryllidaceae family. It is an herbaceous plant with roots that form a bulb up to 3 cm in diameter. The flowers are urn-shaped and up to 6 mm in diameter, with tepals that are white, bright red, or red; the anthers are yellow or purple, and the pollen is yellow. The flower stalks are round in cross-section, reaching heights of up to 180 cm, and support an umbel-shaped inflorescence consisting of up to 500 individual flowers. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Amaryllidaceae Subfamily: Allioideae Tribe: Allieae Genus: Allium L. in Sp. Pl.: 300 (1753) Subgenus: Allium Section: Allium Subsection: Allium Complex: Allium ampeloprasum Species: Allium ampeloprasum L. in Sp. Pl.: 294 (1753) HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS Allium ampeloprasum subsp. euampeloprasum Hayek in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 39 (1932) Allium porrum var. ampeloprasum (L.) Mirb. in...