Cultivated Garlic vs Turkestan onion

Allium sativum compared with Allium karataviense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cultivated Garlic	Turkestan 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 karataviense

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Cultivated Garlic

NE — Not Evaluated

Turkestan onion

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cultivated Garlic	Turkestan 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).

Turkestan onion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Slovakia, and Sweden.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇪 Sweden