Alliaria petiolata

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Garlic Mustard
Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is a biannual flowering plant in the Mustard family, Brassicaceae. It is native to Europe, western and central Asia, and northwestern Africa, from MoroccoIberia and the British Isles, north to northern Scandinavia, and east to northern India and western China (Xinjiang). First year of growth plants form attractive clumps of round shaped, slightly wrinkled leaves, that when crushed smell like onions. The next year plants flower in spring, producing cross shaped white flowers in dense clusters, as the flowering stems bloom they elongate into a spike-like shape. When blooming is done, plants produce upright fruits that release seeds in mid summer. Plants are often found growing along the margins of hedgerows, giving rise to the old British folk name of Jack-by-the-hedge. Other common names include Garlic Root, Hedge Garlic, Sauce-alone, Jack-in-the-bush, Penny Hedge and Poor Man's Mustard. The genus name Alliaria, "resembling Allium", refers to the garlic-like odour of the crushed foliage.
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