Alliums

Gathers the pungent bulb and stem vegetables of the onion family that are used as both a seasoning and a vegetable. It includes onion, red onion, shallot, scallion, leek and garlic. The group does not cover other aromatic vegetables such as celery or fennel, which belong with the stalks and shoots. Within the Vegetables and Vegetable Products subcategory it sits beside the groups Roots, Tubers and Corms, Cabbages and Brassicas, Leafy Greens and Salad Vegetables, Fruiting Vegetables and Gourds, Stalks, Shoots and Mushrooms, and each entry is placed in the one group whose description fits it best.