From a tiny mustard seed to a majestic date palm, from obscure desert plants to well-known culinary staples such as garlic and ... diagnostic illustration in botanical art” by the Linnean ...

Keep reading to learn more about garlic’s botanical and culinary classification and the benefits of eating it. Garlic is a vegetable in the botanical family of onions, known as Allium sativum.

Botanical illustrations by Alice Tangerini; photograph by Jennifer J. Hill. Photo illustration by Heather Palmateer. Alice Tangerini’s botanical illustrations all begin the same way: with a ...