Garlic Mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Summary 4

Alliaria petiolata is a biennial flowering plant in the Mustard family, Brassicaceae. It is native to Europe, western and central Asia, and northwestern Africa, from Morocco, Iberia and the British Isles, north to northern Scandinavia, and east to northern Pakistan and western China (Xinjiang).

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  1. (c) 57Andrew, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/29954808@N00/16647291293/
  2. (c) Bill Higham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/22691568@N04/14176116615/
  3. (c) NY State IPM Program at Cornell University, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/99758165@N06/18121344843/
  4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliaria_petiolata

More Info

iNat Map

Blooms in spring, summer
Color white
Habitat Forest
Status invasive, nonnative