garlic

Scientific name: Allium Sativum Common name: Garlic

Garlic is an herb

The parts of the plant used to make the herb are the bulbs and cloves

Flowers-Pink No Fruit Size-12 inches tall Leaves- 8 leaves, parallel veins, entire margin Simple Roots- Fibrous Stem-Herbaceous
 * Five Interesting Facts**
 * 1) Garlic is one of the worlds oldest cultivated crops
 * 2) Garlic attracts leeches
 * 3) The average American eats 3 pounds of garlic a year
 * 4) The longest continuos string of garlic had 1600 garlic bulbs and was about 120 feet long
 * 5) Chicago was named after the Indian word for wild garlic, chicagaoua
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