PLANTS Profile for Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)

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PLANTS Profile

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

Symbol:

ALPE4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
CAN		I

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Photo of Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

Alliaria officinalis

©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, DC, Washington, National Cathedral, Spring Garden. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

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Synonyms:
Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

	ALAL8	Alliaria alliaria (L.) Britton
	ALOF3	Alliaria officinalis Andrz. ex M. Bieb.
	ERAL14	Erysimum alliaria L.
	SIAL11	Sisymbrium alliaria (L.) Scop.

Distribution:
Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 1 species in Alliaria

Classification:
Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

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

Noxious Weed Information:
Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

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 (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

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. 200_. 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. & K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin.

Introduced Information:
Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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