Garlic

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Garlic, Allium sativum, is a an herbaceous, annual, bulbous plant in the family Amaryllidaceae grown for its pungent, edible bulb of the same name. The garlic plant can either have a short, woody central stem (hardneck) or a softer pseudostem made up of overlapping leaf sheaths (softneck). Hardneck varieties produce a false flower stock which is termed a 'scape' and produce larger garlic cloves but in smaller numbers. Softneck garlic is the most popular variety of garlic grown in the US. The bulb can be up to 7 cm (2.8 in) in diameter and is made up of 1–*5 cloves. The stem is very short and flattened and gives way to a pseudostem, The garlic plant can possess 6–*2 flat, blade-like leaves which can stretch up to *0 cm (*9.7 in) long. The plant can reach *0 cm (*3.6 in) in height and is an annual, surviving only one growing season. Garlic is believed to originate from Asia.