Garlic Mustard

Found in:

• Shady landscaped areas including parks and golf courses

Characteristics:

• Biennial plant that grows as a low basal rosette its first year
• First plant year has heart-shaped, scallop-edged leaves
• Leaves become smaller as they progress up the flowering stem
• Second year plant has 2-3' tall flowering stems
• Bears numerous small clusters of small white flowers in late spring
• Has a garlic odor when crushed

Significance:

• Minnesota Primary Noxious Weed that spreads quickly by seed

Plants that look similar:

• Common Blue Violet
• Other wild and cultivated violets (foliage)

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