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garlic mustard

Alliaria petiolata

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 13,657, February 10,087, March 15,803, April 24,863, May 35,848, June 39,090, July 41,829, August 35,972, September 26,410, October 19,713, November 10,772, December 8,419.
Alaska282,463
United States110,427
Canada20,264
United Kingdom18,617
Ontario17,084
England16,851
New York16,451
Pennsylvania12,587
Massachusetts10,615
Germany8,879

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMustards, Capers, and Allies · Brassicales
Familymustard family · Brassicaceae
Genusgarlic mustards · Alliaria

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