Cultivated Garlic vs Pacific mountain onion

Allium sativum compared with Allium validum

Key Differences

• Cultivated Garlic is Not Evaluated while Pacific mountain onion is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cultivated Garlic	Pacific mountain onion
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order same	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family same	Amaryllidaceae	Amaryllidaceae
Genus same	Allium	Allium
Species	Allium sativum	Allium validum

Evolutionary Relationship

Cultivated Garlic and Pacific mountain onion share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Allium.

Conservation Status

Cultivated Garlic

NE — Not Evaluated

Pacific mountain onion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cultivated Garlic	Pacific mountain onion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cultivated Garlic

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Tuvalu), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

Pacific mountain onion

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Canada.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada