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 URBAN HERBS: Medicinal Plants at Georgetown University
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Chives / Chinese Chives
Allium tuberosum

Location
Chinese chives can be found in the Wildflower and Desert plots.

Description
Native to China, this edible herb tastes like a cross between onion and garlic. Please don’t confuse this herb with the inedible and possibly toxic rain lilies (Zephyranthes atamasco) in our plot – chives smell like onions and rain lilies will not.

Disclaimer
Information on this website is for educational purposes only. Many herbs historically used for medicine are considered too toxic to use today; some of these herbs have caused deaths. Do not ingest these herbs based on information on this website. We have not provided sufficient information for the safe medicinal use of any of these herbs, nor sufficient information for treatment of poisoning. All recreational use of these herbs is dangerous.
 Georgetown University Medical Center Department of Physiology and Biophysics >> Complementary and Alternative Medicine