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Garlic
Garlic
Allium sativum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Central Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Bulbs
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

Garlic is a bulbous plant cultivated worldwide for its pungent cloves, used in cuisines across every continent. Its signature smell comes from allicin — a compound that only forms when the cloves are crushed or cut, as intact bulbs are nearly odorless.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Allium
Species
Allium sativum