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§1 Plant
Allium sativum L.
vernacular cultivated garlic — species · Liliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Liliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Allium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 121 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 121 counties across 16 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 I ▾
California view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Dallas 29059
- Dunklin 29069
- Henry 29083
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- McDonald 29119
- Mississippi 29133
- Newton 29145
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Vernon 29217
New York view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ALSA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2856681 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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