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Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande
garlic mustard



General Information
Symbol: ALPE4
Group: Dicot
Family: Brassicaceae
Duration: Annual
Biennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status: AK   I
CAN   I
L48   I
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Native Status:
lower 48 status L48    Alaska status AK    Hawaii status HI    Puerto Rico status PR    Virgin Islands status VI    Navassa Island NAV    Canada status CAN    Greenland status GL    Saint Pierre and Michelon status SPM    North America NA   

Images

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©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, DC, Washington, National Cathedral, Spring Garden. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, DC, Washington, Glover-Archbold Park. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, VA. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, NJ. Usage Requirements.

©Elaine Haug. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, VA, Woodbridge, Occoquan National Wildlife Refuge. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 170. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Synonyms

Symbol Scientific Name
ALAL8 Alliaria alliaria (L.) Britton, nom. inval.
ALOF3 Alliaria officinalis Andrz. ex M. Bieb.
ERAL14 Erysimum alliaria L.
SIAL11 Sisymbrium alliaria (L.) Scop.

Classification

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Rank Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Capparales
Family Brassicaceae ⁄ Cruciferae – Mustard family
Genus Alliaria Heist. ex Fabr. – alliaria
Species Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande – garlic mustard

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Alabama
garlic mustard
Class A noxious weed
Connecticut
garlic mustard
Invasive, banned
Massachusetts
garlic mustard
Prohibited
Minnesota
garlic mustard
Prohibited noxious weed
New Hampshire
garlic mustard
Prohibited invasive Species
Oregon
garlic mustard
"B" designated weed
garlic mustard
Quarantine
Vermont
garlic mustard
Class B noxious weed
Washington
garlic mustard
Class A noxious weed
garlic mustard
Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
U.S. Weed Information
Alliaria petiolata
garlic mustard
This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
SEEPPC Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
WI Hoffman, R.and K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Alaska FACU
Arid West FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont FACU
Great Plains FACU
Midwest FAC
Northcentral & Northeast FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast FACU

Wildlife

Food

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Cover

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Description of Values

Value Class Food Cover

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