Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) on May 13, 2015

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EDRR Status: Local expert notified

Description of specimen

I compared plant with those online for garlic mustard and it was a match. Stem leaves petioled, deltoid with dentate margins. Inflorescense of white flowers flat topped at first. Garlic smell. There was only one plant present, it was in flower. I walk this stretch daily and this was the first year I've seen it here. I feel confident in the id.

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Commentary

I removed flowers and put into trash bag for landfill. Sprayed with Crossbow and a week later with Roundup (as it only looked marginally sick.)
I have no photos or specimens. My id's aren't always perfect, but I was a career botanist with an MS in Botany

Reporter
May 13, 2015, 2:24 p.m.