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Mountain Leek

Published: 2026-11-12 👁 100 views
Last updated 2026-11-12 — Mountain leek, found all over Laiyuan County, is one of the area’s unique local specialties. A perennial herbaceous plant growing to about 30 cm in height, mountain leek has a cylindrical bulb covered with fibrous, scale-like bracts. Its basal leaves are narrowly linear, 5–20 cm long and about 0.3 cm wide, with entire margins. The flowering stem emerges from the leaf cluster, bearing a terminal umbel of dark-colored flowers...

Mountain Leek

  Mountain Leek

  Mountain leek, found all over Laiyuan County, is one of the area’s unique local specialties. A perennial herbaceous plant growing to about 30 cm in height, mountain leek has a cylindrical bulb covered with fibrous, scale-like bracts. Its basal leaves are narrowly linear, 5–20 cm long and about 0.3 cm wide, with entire margins. The flowering stem emerges from the leaf cluster, bearing a terminal umbel of dark purple flowers.

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