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n. - A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae.

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  • In my back yard right now is a pernicious invader called Alliaria petiolata, more commonly called garlic mustard.
  • Sure it would cost more, but what's a better thing to spend the taxpayer's money on: chemicals of undocumented carcinogenic tendency or some person that spent 4 years of...
  • Pulling can result in substantial soil disturbance, damaging desirable species and bringing up Alliaria petiolata seeds from the seedbank.
  • Alliaria petiolata frequently snaps off at or just below the root crown when the flower stalk is pulled, leaving adventitious buds which send up new flower stalks.
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