Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata (Bieberstein) Cavara & GrandeNon-native  -  Invasive    Synonyms: Alliaria officinalis.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Brassicales   >   Family Brassicaceae   >   Genus Alliaria   

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Garlic Mustard blooming in Washington Co., Maryland (4/25/2013). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard blooming in Howard Co., Maryland (5/2/2015). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard blooming at Funk's Pond Recreation Area, Cecil Co., Maryland (4/27/2013). Photo by Bill Keim. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard blooming on Kentmore Park Road in Kent Co., Maryland (4/6/2016). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard blooming in Kent Co., Maryland (4/22/2016). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard, one of our most notorious invasive species, in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/28/2009). Native to Eurasia and northern Africa. This is a young, rather small specimen. Photo by Kerry Wixted. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard emerging in Harford Co., Maryland (12/6/2015). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard growing in Kent Co., Maryland (4/1/2016). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard growing in Frederick Co., Maryland (3/26/2016). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/5/2015). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard growing in Kent Co., Maryland (3/26/2016). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard growing in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/8/2016). Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard (dried plant with seeds) in Howard Co., Maryland (7/4/1982). Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard amidst Japanese Stiltgrass in Washington Co., Maryland (7/5/2016). Photo by Derek Hudgins. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Carroll Co., Maryland (4/26/2016). Photo by Barbara Speckart. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/5/2020). (c) Jacob Malcom, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA). Photo by Jacob Malcom via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/24/2020). (c) Tori Rottman-Turner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tori Rottman-Turner via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Montgomery Co., Maryland (11/29/2020). (c) Emily Summerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emily Summerbell, Ph.D. via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Montgomery Co., Maryland (11/29/2020). (c) Emily Summerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emily Summerbell, Ph.D. via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Montgomery Co., Maryland (11/29/2020). (c) Emily Summerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emily Summerbell, Ph.D. via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Carroll Co., Maryland (4/18/2020). (c) brit2020, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by brit2020 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/3/2020). (c) Tori Rottman-Turner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tori Rottman-Turner via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/12/2020). (c) schoepprj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by schoepprj via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Howard Co., Maryland (4/15/2020). (c) johncanoles, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by johncanoles via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/17/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Garlic Mustard in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/25/2020). (c) Dwight Johnson, all rights reserved. Photo by Dwight Johnson. (MBP list)


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