Allium nigrum

Black garlic
	1809 illustration (as Allium magicum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	Allium subg. Melanocrommyum
Species:	A. nigrum
Binomial name
	Allium nigrum; L., not All. (1785) nor Sm. (1823) nor M. Bieb. (1808)
Synonyms
	Synonymy Allium afrum (Zucc.) Kunth ; Allium bauerianum Baker ; Allium cyrilli var. magicum (L.) Nyman ; Allium littoreum G.Don ; Allium magicum L. ; Allium multibulbosum Jacq. ; Allium nigrum f. album Maire ; Allium nigrum f. roseum Maire ; Allium odorum Ten. 1811, illegitimate homonym not L. 1767 ; Allium paniculatum Viv. 1824, illegitimate homonym not L. 1759 ; Allium paucibulbosum (Haw.) Steud. ; Canidia magica (L.) Salisb. ; Kalabotis nigrum (L.) Raf. ; Molium nigrum (L.) Haw. ; Molium paucibulbosum Haw. ; Ophioscorodon magicum (L.) Wallr. ; Ornithogalum afrum Zucc.;

Allium nigrum, common name black garlic, broad-leaved leek, or broadleaf garlic, is a Middle Eastern species of wild onion. It lacks the onion or garlic scent shared by most of the other species in the group. The species is native to Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel but cultivated as an ornamental in many other places. It has become naturalized in some regions, including parts of the United States (especially Washington and Oregon).

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