ë¶Â�", garlic chives, Allium tuberosum ? they used to grow in the undeveloped mini forest in our back yard and most recently i found them a the edge of a grove of trees in a city park near silver spring, md.

we picked them and made chives kimchi or a pancake dish called pajeon, although in this case it would be buchu-jeon.

in western cooking i would just try using them where you would use scallions.

maybe not since garlic chives are more flat in the green portion...

Allium vineale var. compactum?

"Plants with no flowers, only bulbils, are sometimes distinguished as the variety Allium vineale var. compactum, but this character is probably not taxonomically significant."

Here is a link that might be useful: Allium vineale

Saltcedar, that's a possibility but A. vineale var. compactum isn't described as that bunched or that small. I also wonder if it might be Allium cepa var. aggregatum. I guess I'll wait to see if it flowers this year, and will press a sample when optimum for ID. Thanks for the help.

It looks like Allium vineale var. compactum to me. It used to grow near the house I grew up at, and it was often small and bunched like that.
Remy

Thanks remy. You and Saltcedar are pretty reliable, so that's a good enough ID for my needs.