{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.allium-schoenoprasum","code":"thing-q51148","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q51148/","name":"Allium schoenoprasum","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.LIV"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Allium schoenoprasum L., commonly called chives, is a bulbous, clump-forming perennial species in the family Amaryllidaceae, with hollow cylindrical leaves and rounded umbels of usually pink to purple flowers, cultivated chiefly as a culinary herb.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise Allium schoenoprasum, record its condition and growing context, and assess appropriate cultivation, conservation and culinary actions.","scope":{"in":["Species identity and distinction from other plants called chives","Bulbs, tubular leaves, flowering scapes and diagnostic flower characters","Clump development, seasonal growth, flowering and reproduction","Growing conditions and the provenance of cultivated or wild populations","Propagation, harvest response and suitability of identified plant material for culinary use"],"out":["Garlic chives, Allium tuberosum, and other Allium species","The genus Allium and characters shared across its species","Cultivar registration and commercial seed-product specifications","Recipes, processed seasonings and food-product storage systems","General soil classification, pest taxonomy and plant-disease models","Individual garden plots, farms and conservation sites as managed places"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Check for narrow, hollow, approximately cylindrical leaves; garlic chives typically has flat leaves rather than this tubular form.","Check for rounded heads of pink to lilac flowers on leafless scapes; garlic chives typically bears white flowers.","Inspect the plant base for clustered slender bulbs forming a clump; a retail bunch of cut leaves cannot establish this growth habit.","Use an onion-like odour from damaged tissue only as supporting evidence, because it does not distinguish chives from other Allium species.","Confirm the combined leaf, bulb and flower characters with a regional botanical key when separating chives from similar wild onions; do not identify edible material by taste."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"species-identity","name":"Species identity","description":"Establishes what the name Allium schoenoprasum denotes and whether observed material supports that identification.","layers":[{"id":"taxonomic-boundary","name":"Taxonomic boundary","description":"Connects the registry concept to a botanical treatment while keeping related species and cultivar labels distinct.","findings":[{"id":"name-and-species-concept","name":"Name and species concept","description":"Record the taxonomic authority used for Allium schoenoprasum and resolve any supplied common name, synonym or infraspecific name against it.","questions":[{"text":"Which botanical treatment defines Allium schoenoprasum for this record?","id":"name-and-species-concept-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does a supplied name refer to this species, an infraspecific taxon or a different species such as Allium tuberosum?","id":"name-and-species-concept-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"diagnostic-evidence","name":"Diagnostic evidence","description":"Combines vegetative and flowering characters into a reviewable identification.","findings":[{"id":"chives-character-combination","name":"Chives character combination","description":"Assess tubular leaves, clustered bulbs and rounded pink-to-lilac flower heads together; retain uncertainty when only detached leaves are available.","questions":[{"text":"Which leaf, bulb and flower characters have actually been observed, and which remain unavailable?","id":"chives-character-combination-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which locally occurring Allium species must be excluded using a regional identification key?","id":"chives-character-combination-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"perennial-clump-and-seasonality","name":"Perennial clump and seasonality","description":"Describes the bulb-based clump, its seasonal shoots and its reproductive stages.","layers":[{"id":"bulbs-and-leaf-renewal","name":"Bulbs and leaf renewal","description":"Tracks the relationship between persistent bulbs, emerging leaves and clump expansion.","findings":[{"id":"persistent-clump-condition","name":"Persistent clump condition","description":"Record living basal tissue and shoot renewal alongside clump size to distinguish seasonal leaf loss from loss of the plant.","questions":[{"text":"What changes in shoot number, clump diameter and basal tissue condition are visible between observations?","id":"persistent-clump-condition-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What evidence would distinguish expected seasonal dieback from damage requiring investigation at this site?","id":"persistent-clump-condition-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"flowering-and-seed","name":"Flowering and seed","description":"Records scape emergence, flowering, fruit development and evidence of seed production.","findings":[{"id":"local-reproductive-calendar","name":"Local reproductive calendar","description":"Use dated observations rather than a universal flowering month to describe reproduction under local conditions.","questions":[{"text":"When do scapes, open flowers and mature seed first appear at the recorded locality?","id":"local-reproductive-calendar-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Should flower heads be retained for observation or seed collection, or removed for the stated cultivation objective?","id":"local-reproductive-calendar-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"habitat-and-population-context","name":"Habitat and population context","description":"Relates chives plants to their growing conditions and distinguishes garden material from wild populations.","layers":[{"id":"growing-site","name":"Growing site","description":"Records light exposure, substrate moisture and drainage around the bulb and root zone.","findings":[{"id":"site-response","name":"Site response","description":"Connect observed chives growth and basal condition to measured site conditions without assuming a single universal optimum.","questions":[{"text":"What light exposure, moisture pattern and drainage conditions occur where the clump is rooted?","id":"site-response-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which site adjustment is supported by observed growth or decline and relevant cultivation evidence?","id":"site-response-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"wild-and-cultivated-origin","name":"Wild and cultivated origin","description":"Records occurrence history and evidence for the status of a population at a particular location.","findings":[{"id":"population-status-evidence","name":"Population status evidence","description":"Keep planted, escaped and native occurrences distinct, with unresolved origin explicitly retained where evidence is insufficient.","questions":[{"text":"What planting history, specimen record or regional flora supports the stated origin of this population?","id":"population-status-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What local conservation status or site rules constrain collecting seed, dividing clumps or removing plants?","id":"population-status-evidence-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"cultivation-and-renewal","name":"Cultivation and renewal","description":"Supports propagation, cutting and condition assessment of cultivated chives.","layers":[{"id":"propagation-route","name":"Propagation route","description":"Distinguishes production from seed from vegetative division of an existing clump.","findings":[{"id":"seed-or-division-choice","name":"Seed or division choice","description":"Choose a propagation route according to the need to retain a selected plant's identity, the available material and its condition.","questions":[{"text":"Is the objective to multiply a particular selected plant or to establish new plants from seed?","id":"seed-or-division-choice-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What evidence supports the timing and method of sowing or division under the local growing conditions?","id":"seed-or-division-choice-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"cutting-and-recovery","name":"Cutting and recovery","description":"Links removal of leaves or flowers to subsequent regrowth and basal health.","findings":[{"id":"harvest-response","name":"Harvest response","description":"Record cutting intensity and recovery before prescribing further harvest; investigate persistent poor regrowth using symptoms and growing conditions.","questions":[{"text":"How much foliage was removed, at what height, and how much new growth appeared over the following observation period?","id":"harvest-response-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Does the clump's recovery support another harvest, a rest period or investigation of root-zone and plant-health problems?","id":"harvest-response-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"culinary-material-and-use-boundary","name":"Culinary material and use boundary","description":"Connects the culinary use of chives leaves and flowers to verified identity, tissue condition and cultivation history.","layers":[{"id":"harvested-part-identity","name":"Harvested part identity","description":"Distinguishes leaves, flowers and mixed or unidentified cut material.","findings":[{"id":"traceable-chives-material","name":"Traceable chives material","description":"Record which plant part was collected and how it remains linked to an identified source plant, especially when diagnostic bulbs or flowers are absent.","questions":[{"text":"Is the material leaf, flower or a mixture, and can it be traced to a confidently identified Allium schoenoprasum plant?","id":"traceable-chives-material-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which identity questions cannot be resolved from the detached material alone?","id":"traceable-chives-material-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"sample-suitability","name":"Sample suitability","description":"Records the condition and relevant treatment or exposure history of material proposed for culinary use.","findings":[{"id":"culinary-use-decision","name":"Culinary use decision","description":"Assess the specific sample using identity, visible condition and treatment history; refer preparation and storage decisions to food-handling models.","questions":[{"text":"What cultivation treatments, contamination exposures or visible deterioration are recorded for this harvest?","id":"culinary-use-decision-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the available evidence sufficient to accept the sample for culinary handling, or must its identity or history first be resolved?","id":"culinary-use-decision-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Allium schoenoprasum this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Allium schoenoprasum this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Allium schoenoprasum this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Allium schoenoprasum this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Allium schoenoprasum this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Allium schoenoprasum this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Allium schoenoprasum this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Identify chives and describe their culinary uses, citing botanical sources.","Help a grower plan cultivation and harvest."],"mustNot":["Feed chives or other onion-family plants to dogs, cats or other pets.","Present chives as a cure for disease.","Recommend harvesting wild plants that may be confused with toxic bulbous lookalikes without certain identification."],"requiresHuman":["Foraging wild plants for food."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Onion-family plants are toxic to some pets, so advice must protect animals in the household.","Misidentified wild plants can poison foragers."],"affectedParties":["Pets","Foragers","Growers and cooks"]},"owners":{"steward":"The grower or person who holds it.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Plant name databases"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q11992872","type":"parent","note":"registry parent 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requires local conservation checks."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Toxic to dogs and cats if eaten in quantity.","Wild lookalikes with bulbs can be poisonous."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, International Association for Plant Taxonomy."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Allium schoenoprasum is grown in herb gardens, containers and commercial plantings for leaves used to season food.","Its flowers also make it useful in ornamental plantings and gardens that provide forage for pollinating insects.","Wild and cultivated populations are encountered in botanical surveys where species identity and growing conditions are recorded."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q51148: Allium schoenoprasum","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51148","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Chives","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chives","note":"general 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