Common Name: garlic mustard
Family: Brassicaceae
Distribution/Origin: Europe, Asia, Africa
Leaf/Bud: first year growth is a rosette of clumping foliage, flowers second year, dentate leaves, wrinkled appearance, when crushed smell of garlic, second year growth stalked foliage
Flower/Inflorescence: spike inflorescence of cross shaped white flowers in dense clusters
Size: height of second year growth can get up to 30cm
Habit: upright
Form: spike
Culture: found in shaded habitats, deep growing white taproot
Landscape Use: biennial weed (herb)
Notes: all parts smell of garlic
