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Scientific Name: | Allium sativum |
Common Name: | garlic |
Family Name: | Amaryllidaceae |
Origin: | Central / west Asia, South Asia / India |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
Habit: | Upright |
Form: | Vase |
Texture: | Medium |
Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Medicinal plant, Urban agriculture |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
Flowers: | Umbel, White, Pink, Jul-Aug |
Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
Key ID Features: | |
Garlic bulb; leaves linear, flattened, about 2cm wide x 30cm long; florets pinkish-white, in umbel to 45cm tall in summer. |