| Common name: | Wild Leek |
| Hebrew name: | שום גבוה |
| Latin Name: | Allium ampeloparasum |
| Habitat: | Heavy Soils |
| Height: | 100 cm |
| Distribution: | Golan, Hermon, Gallilee, Mediterranean coast, Upper Jordan valley, Northern valleys, Gilboa, Carmel, Samarian mountains, Samarian desert, Judean mountains, Judean desert and Dead Sea valley, Sharon, Shefela, Northern Negev, Negev hills and Eilat, Valley, |
| Flowering: | April – May |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Type: | Pink/Purple |
| Protected: | Yes |
| Notes: | Smells like garlic
Bible: Our ancestors whined about the luxuries they lost in Egypt… ”We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt… the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, & the garlic…” (Numbers 11:5) |