Some similarities to : Garden Leek, but Chives grows in clumps whereas Garden Leek grows singly.

Uniquely identifiable characteristics

Distinguishing Feature : The darker purple stripe on each petal. The two papery bracts beneath the almost spherical, (but not quite: some of the lower part is missing) flower head.

Grown as a herb in cottage gardens. The round hollow stems have a mild onion-like taste especially good when the flowers are prevented from growing.

Chives contain up to 8% Vitamin K, 3% Vitamin A and a number of organo-sulphur compounds and their allyl derivatives, which have some beneficial effects to health. Chives sequester selenium from the soil at a concentration 10 times higher than do onions. The selenium can substitute for atoms of sulphur in the sulphur-containing amino acids Cysteine and methionine to which it is related.

Methionine is one of only two amino acids containing any atoms of sulphur. It is essential, and used in the production of lecithin in plants as well as the growth hormone ethylene.

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