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Warning! This is an invasive plant, which has the potential to aggressivley crowd out native species. Learn more about invasive plants!

Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

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Invasive
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Blooms: April to June
Leaf Type: toothed
Bloom Size:  0.25 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Flat or rounded clusters, Regular blooms, 4 parts
Location: Montour Trail
Date:  4/27/2003
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Garlic Mustard may be easily confused with:
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

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