Yes grows all over north america ,.... USDA site lists it as a noxious weed, we enjoyed chewing on the seed pods on some of our know the local weeds walks way back when...
garlicky taste is rather strong in the leaves than in the seed pods... they are crunchy and interesting... the leaves can be added to salad for zing and smell.. IS IT CONSIDERED A WEED IN INDIA too? usha di On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Alliaria petiolata* (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande, Bull. Orto Bot. Regia > Univ. Napoli 3:418. 1913 > Syn: *Arabis petiolata* M. Bieb.; *Sisymbrium alliaria* (L.) Scop > > Common names: Garlic mustard, hedge-garlic, jack-by-the-hedge > > A very distinctive annual herb with the smell of garlic when leaves are > clushed; leaves ovate dentate leaves, lower cordate with long petioles, > upper successively shorter petioled, glabrous; flowers white , 5-7 mm > across, in long racemes; pedicels 5-7 mm; petals 6-8 mm long; siliqua 50-70 > mm long, linear-cylindrical. > > Common in Dachhigam Sanctuary, Kashmir > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
