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'''Garlic''' ('''''Allium sativum''''') is a [[species]] of [[bulb]]ous [[flowering plant]]s in the [[genus]] ''[[Allium]]''. Its close relatives include the [[onion]], [[shallot]], [[leek]], [[chives]], [[Allium fistulosum|Welsh onion]], and [[Allium chinense|Chinese onion]]. Garlic is native to [[Central Asia|central]] and [[south Asia]], stretching from the [[Black Sea]] through the southern [[Caucasus]], northeastern [[Iran]], and the [[Hindu Kush]]; it also grows wild in parts of [[Southern Europe|Mediterranean Europe]]. There are two subspecies and hundreds of [[Cultivar|varieties]] of garlic.