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Allium neapolitanum is a bulbous herbaceous perennial plant in the onion subfamily within the Amaryllis family.Common names include Neapolitan garlic, [2] Naples garlic, daffodil garlic, false garlic, flowering onion, Naples onion, Guernsey star-of-Bethlehem, star, white garlic, and wood garlic.
White onion or Allium cepa (“sweet onion”) are a cultivar of dry onion which have a distinct light and mild flavour profile. Much like red onions, they have a high sugar and low sulphur content, and thus have a relatively short shelf life. [1] White onions are used in a variety of dishes, such as those of Mexican and European origin.
Garlic may also suffer from pink root, a typically non-fatal disease that stunts the roots and turns them pink or red; [27] or leek rust, which usually appears as bright orange spots. [28] The larvae of the leek moth attack garlic by mining into the leaves or bulbs. [29] Botrytis neck and bulb rot is a disease of onion, garlic, leek and shallot.
One study found that regularly consuming allium vegetables, including garlic, onion, leeks, chives and scallions, coincided with lower incidences of colorectal cancer.
An onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classified as a separate species until 2011. The onion's close relatives include garlic, scallion, leek ...
Allium oleraceum grows to a height of about 12 in (30 cm). The underground bulb is up to 0.8 in (2 cm) in diameter. The main stem is usually rounded, but is occasionally flattened, and bears two to four leaves and a terminal inflorescence composed of a number of small, stalked, pinkish-brown flowers and sometimes a few bulblets.
Add onion; cook, stirring often, until translucent and starting to brown, 5 minutes. Stir in garlic; cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant and starting to brown, about 1 minute. 2.
Allium vineale (wild garlic, onion grass, crow garlic or stag's garlic) is a perennial, bulb-forming species of wild onion, native to Europe, northwestern Africa and the Middle East. [2] The species was introduced in Australia and North America , where it has become an Invasive species .