Alliaria Petiolata - Garlic Mustard - Identification & Pictures. Edible & Medicinal Foraging Guide

Alliaria petiolata

Alliaria petiolata

Scientific Name: Alliaria petiolata

Common Name: garlic mustard

Symbol: ALPE4

Category: Dicot

Genus: Alliaria

Family: Brassicaceae

Family Common Name: Mustard family

Order: Capparales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Annual, Biennial

Growth Habit: Forb/herb

Native Status: L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I)

State Noxious: AL (CAW), CT (IB), MA (P), MN (PNW), NH (PIS), OR (BDW, Q), VT (CBW), WA (CAW, NWSPQ)

Edible: unknown

Garlic Mustard

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Scientific Name: Alliaria petiolata

Common Name(s): garlic mustard

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: root

Cannonman17 9 Mar, 2011	Perhaps one of the most invasive and aggressive plants out there. It's spreading in central Wisconsin like wild fire. In Spring and early Summer it chokes out everything! Smells strongly of garlic, can be used in salad.
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