Alliaria petiolata Calflora

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Taxon Report

Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

Garlic mustard

Alliaria petiolata is an annual or biennial herb that is not native to California.

Cal-IPC rating: moderate


	Plant Range Observation Search ~257 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Alliaria
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Alliaria alliaria
PLANTS	Alliaria officinalis
PLANTS	Erysimum alliaria
PLANTS	Sisymbrium alliaria

Information about Alliaria petiolata from other sources


USDA PLANTS Profile (ALPE4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Cal-IPC Profile rating: moderate Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/28/2025).