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Learn more about Garlic Mustard from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Alliaria petiolata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Alliaria petiolata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-13-001:
Alliaria petiolata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Alliaria officinalis
COMMON NAME:
Garlic Mustard, Hedge Garlic
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JK Marlow jkm140421_532
April Buncombe County NC
Botanical Gardens at Asheville
Terminal tight clusters of small white flowers, opening progressing upward, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
JK Marlow jkm070519_086
May Avery County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Now a noxious weed in northeastern US, invading undisturbed moist forests, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm070519_089
May Avery County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves heart-shaped to triangular with coarse teeth and a garlic-like odor, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm150605_139
June Watauga County NC
Glen Burnie Trail
Fruit 4-sided, erect to ascending pods, initially resembling stem branches, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.