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One of the heads of garlic I grew turned out to be just one solid clove (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by thrawn21 to c/mildlyinteresting

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[Image description: a perfectly round peeled bulb of garlic on a cutting board, with unpeeled normal cloves behind it.]

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Garlic, onions, chives, and leeks (plus shallots, spring onions / scallions, and ramsons) are actually very closely related, being part of the same allium genus. ~~That's the same level of closeness as dogs to wolves, for example~~ my example is bad, see AlotOfReading below

[–] AlotOfReading 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dogs and wolves are the same species (Canis Lupus), not just members of the same genus. Genus Allium is much bigger than genus Canis (over 800 species) and its members are much less closely related to each other. The common food species are at least evolutionary cousins though, unlike other parts of the category. The onions and chives all share subgenus Cepa, while garlic and leeks are off in subgenus Allium.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ahh, I think I was misled by reading Canis familiaris. Thanks for the correction

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Very interesting, I did not know that!