Flowers are seen in late spring. Both garlic and onion are members of the Lily family, which contains some poisonous plants that might resemble field garlic or field onion. Onions and garlic have a very distinctive smell, while the lilies do not smell at all. As long as what you've got in your hand smells like garlic or onion, it's o.k. We recommend that you content yourself with commercial garlic, shown here.
Baked garlic is much less intense in flavor than raw garlic.
One clove a day is recommended. Garlic is thought to purify the blood by removing various toxic metals, including lead, copper, and mercury.