Plant Type

Biennial plant

Introduction/Invasiveness

- It was introduced to North America in the 1800s for culinary and medicinal purposes

- It usually forms dense colonies that push out native species and can spread rapidly

- It grows/flowers in the early springtime typically beating native plants and shading them out

12-51in

- Flowers are small, white and have 4 petals at the top of second year plants

- Fruit is tiny and green, maturing to a pale brown and then splitting open to release seeds

Alliaria petiolata