Garlic Mustard, Alliaria petiolata

Cabbage family (Cruciferae)

• Flowers: Tiny (3-5mm, 1/8in), white, in cluster at the top of the plant.
• Leaves: Heart-shaped and toothed, alternate, smell of garlic when crushed.
• Habitat: Calcareous soil, hedgerows, roadsides.
• Season: Blooms Apr-Jul.

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