Alliaria petiolata |
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garlic-mustard, hedge garlic |
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Stems | simple or branched distally, (1.5–)3–9(–13) dm; glabrous or pilose basally, trichomes to 1.5 mm. |
Basal leaves | petiole 3–16(–22) cm; blade reniform or cordate, (6–)15–88(–118) mm wide (shorter in length), surfaces glabrous or pilose. |
Cauline leaves | petiole shorter than basal; blade ovate, cordate, or deltate, to 15 × 15 cm, base cordate or truncate, margins acutely to obtusely toothed, apex acute. |
Racemes | several-flowered. |
Flowers | sepals (2–)2.5–3.5(–4.5) × 0.7–1.5 mm; petals (2.5–)4–8(–9) × (1.5–)2–3(–3.5) mm, base attenuate to clawlike; filaments 2–3.5(–4.5) mm; anthers oblong, 0.7–1 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | terete, (2–)3–10(–15) mm. |
Fruits | divaricate-ascending, subtorulose, quadrangular or subterete, (2–)3–7(–8) cm × 1.2–2.5 mm; style (0.2–)1–2(–3) mm. |
Seeds | dark brown or black, narrowly oblong, 2–4.5 × 0.7–2 mm. |
2n | = 42. |
Alliaria petiolata |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. |
Habitat | Roadsides, trails, railroad tracks, stream banks, waste places, fields, shaded woodlands, bluffs, thickets, steep slopes, disturbed fields, floodplains, woods, shaded forest floor |
Elevation | 0-1200 m (0-3900 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; DC; DE; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MO; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; TN; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; BC; ON; South America (Argentina); Eurasia; n Africa [Introduced in North America]
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Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 745. |
Parent taxa | Brassicaceae > tribe Thlaspideae > Alliaria |
Synonyms | Arabis petiolata, A. officinalis, Erysimum alliaria |
Name authority | (M. Bieberstein) Cavara & Grande: Bull. Orto Bot. Regia Univ. Napoli 3: 418. (1913) |
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