General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 24 - 48 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Culinary Herb
Medicinal Herb
Vegetable
Salad greens
Cooked greens
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Toxicity: Other: Foliage may cause dermatitis (skin irritation)
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Garlic Mustard
  • Sauce Alone
  • Hedge Garlic
  • Jack by the Hedge
  • Garlic Root
  • Penny Hedge
  • Poor Man's Mustard
  • Jack in the Bush

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Location: my garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2023-04-15
Location: Kentucky
Date: 2022-03-14
Location: Cramlington, Northumberland UK
Date: 2024-04-20
Uploaded by robertduval14
Location: Hiking Trail In Fairfax :-)
Location: Hiking Trail In Fairfax :-)
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea 
Date: 2023-04-25
Location: Kentucky
Date: 2022-03-14
Beautiful, fuzzy, purple stems.
Location: Botanical garden of Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2022-04-23
Location: Hortus Botanicus Leiden
Date: 2022-03-26
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2007-12-31
Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada (Zone 5b)
Date: 2013-06-12
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (April 2022)
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-29
Alliaria petiolata, 2015, Garlic Mustard, al-ee-AR-ee-uh pet-ee-o
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-29
Alliaria petiolata, 2015, Garlic Mustard, al-ee-AR-ee-uh pet-ee-o
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-29
Alliaria petiolata, 2015, Garlic Mustard, al-ee-AR-ee-uh pet-ee-o

Date: 2004-06-06
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2006-05-06
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Credit: Frank Vincentz

Credit: Frank Vincentz
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2011-04-10
C & O Canal, Point-Of-Rocks, Maryland
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2013-04-05
C & O Canal, Point-Of-Rocks, Maryland
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-05-16
Young seed pods with a few left flowers..
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-16
Location: Missouri
Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge being invaded by garlic mustar
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-29
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-29
Location: Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Date: 22nd April 2009
Location: Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Date: 22nd April 2009
Location: Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Date: 22nd April 2009
Location: Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Date: 22nd April 2009
Lovely wildflower..
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-29
Alliaria petiolata, 2015, Garlic Mustard, al-ee-AR-ee-uh pet-ee-o
Uploaded by robertduval14

photo credit: 4028mdk09

Date: May
credit: John Cameron
Comments:
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Mar 26, 2018 1:13 PM concerning plant:
    Class A noxious weed in Washington state (relative new-comer, if found advise your local Weed Board with location and photo). This is a biennial - the first year it forms a rosette of kidney shaped leaves; and the second yard a stem grows up to 3' tall, blooming in early spring. The fruit can eject seeds up to 10' away, and the plant releases compounds into the soil that prevent other plants from growing. If left unchecked, it can quickly dominate forest floors and displace natives. Pull plants before they go to seed.
  • Posted by sallyg (central Maryland - Zone 7b) on Dec 5, 2011 11:35 PM concerning plant:
    This has become widespread in many natural areas in the US. As a non native invasive plant, it is such a nuisance in the Patapsco Valley State Park, in Maryland, that they rip it out by the bagfuls. Then they have a recipe contest for cooking it because it is edible!

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