Plants c. 1 m tall. Bulb ovoid, 3-4 cm broad, scaly. Scape arising from the centre of the bulb. Leaves 6-12, linear, 1-2 cm broad, flat, keeled. Umbels globose, many flowered. Spathe long beaked. Tepals lanceolate, 4-5 mm long, white to light pink, each with a green vein, outer surface scabrid. Outer stamens as long as the tepals; filaments entire, linear; inner stamens longer than the tepals, filaments broader, tricuspidate, lateral cusps long, thread-like. Style included.

Type: Described from Europe.

Leek is cultivated as an annual in vegetable gardens in Guli Bagh, Swat and elsewhere; it has been found growing along field borders.