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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Alliaria petiolata
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Garlic mustard

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Alliaria petiolata

Plant family

Mustard (Brassicaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

Garlic mustard is an invasive herb of the mustard family. It spreads rapidly on the forest floor and crowds out native wildflowers that may be trying to sprout. This plant comes up in late spring and can be harvested as a tasty vegetable.
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Identification hints

Garlic mustard is an invasive herb of the mustard family. It spreads rapidly on the forest floor and crowds out native wildflowers that may be trying to sprout. This plant comes up in late spring and can be harvested as a tasty vegetable.

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Garlic mustard is a biennial plant. It grows a basal rosette of leaves the first year and bolts and produces flowers the second year. The flowers are tiny, white, and 4-petaled. The crushed leaves give off a garlic-like odor.

DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Arkansas , Connecticut , Delaware , Georgia , Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Mississippi , Montana , North Carolina , North Dakota , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , South Dakota , Tennessee , Texas , Virginia , Vermont , Wisconsin , West Virginia
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