Alliaria taurica
Garlic Mustard
Alliaria petiolata
(M.Bieb.) Cavara & Grande Species
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- Botanical name
- Alliaria petiolata
- Also known as
- Garlic Mustard, Hedge Garlic, Hedge-Garlic, Jack-By-the-Hedge
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Alliaria
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Garlic Mustard
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Alliaria petiolata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Alliaria alliacea
Alliaria alliaria
Alliaria fuchsii
Alliaria matthioli
Alliaria officinalis
Arabis alliaria
Arabis petiolata
Clypeola alliacea
Crucifera alliaria
Erysimum alliaceum
Erysimum alliaria
Erysimum cordifolium
Hesperis alliaria
Pallavicinia alliaria
Sisymbrion alliarium
Sisymbrium alliaceum
Sisymbrium alliaria
Sisymbrium truncatum
Others in Alliaria
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