Garlic

Description

Stems 25-100 cm tall; bulbs 3-6 cm in diameter, ovoid, containing 5-18 bulblets, often termed cloves, tunic papery. Leaves 60cm long, 3cm wide, 6-12 per bulb, linear, flat above, keeled below, sheathing the lower part of the stem. Flowers cup-shaped, few, the buds often abortive; umbels 2.5-5cm in diamater, containing many bulbils; tepals usually white to pink, tinged with green, occasionally purple, stamens included.