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Table 6 Wild Allium species gathered as flavouring herbs and vegetables by the pre-industrial rural people in Sweden

From: Traditional uses and practices of edible cultivated Allium species (fam. Amaryllidaceae) in Sweden

Species

Swedish names

Chives, A. schoenoprasum L.

alvarlök, baislauk, gräslök, purlök, smörlök

Field garlic, A. oleraceum L.

backlök, baisklök, hundlök, kråklök

Ramson A. ursinum L.

rams, ramsk, ramslök, Brittas lök

Sand leek, A. scorodoprasum L.

kajp, kajpe, kep, skogslök, hundalök, gräslök, rokkenboll