Brassicaceae
Garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Alliaria
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Common names
By language (48)
- Arabic
- ثومية معنقة, سمارة ثومية, الحشيشة الثومية, حشيشة الثوم, ثومیة/ ألياريا
- Armenian
- Սխտորաբույս դեղատու
- arz
- ثوميه معنقه
- Asturian
- Herba ayera
- Azerbaijani
- Dərman sarımsaqotu
- Basque
- Baratxuri-belar
- Belarusian
- Часночніца чаранковая, Часночнік лекавы, Часночніца лекавая
- Bulgarian
- Лъжичина
- Catalan
- Alliaire, Herbe à Ail
- Chinese
- 葱芥, 蔥芥
- Croatian
- Ljekovita češnjača, Češnjevka, Češnjarka, češnjača
- Czech
- Česnáček lékařský
- Danish
- Almindelig Løgkarse
- Dutch
- Look zonder look, Look-zonder-look
- English
- Garlic mustard, Jack-by-the-hedge, Garlic root, Hedge garlic, Penny hedge, Poor man's mustard, Sauce-alone
- Esperanto
- Oficina aliario
- Estonian
- Salukõdrik
- Finnish
- Litulaukka, Rohtolitulaukka
- French
- Alliaire officinale, Alliaire, Herbe à Ail
- German
- Knoblauchsrauke, Knoblauchhederich, Knoblauchrauke, Knoblauchskraut, Lauchhederich, Lauchkraut, Alliaire, Herbe à Ail
- hsb
- Prawy česnak, Kobołkowe zelo
- Hungarian
- Kányazsombor
- Irish
- Bóchoinneal
- Italian
- Allaria
- Japanese
- ニンニクガラシ, ガーリックマスタード
- Korean
- 마늘냉이
- kw
- Jakka a'n ke
- li
- Look zónder look, Look zonder look, Look zoonder look, Look-zonder-look, Look-zoonder-look, Look-zónder-look, Louk zónger louk, Louk-zónger-louk
- Lithuanian
- Vaistinė česnakūnė, Česnakūnė, Alliaire, Herbe à Ail
- Luxembourgish
- Bloderkraut
- Macedonian
- Обичен чуков синап
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Løkurt, Laukurt
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Laukurt
- pcd
- Iérpazo
- Persian
- گندنایی
- Polish
- Czosnaczek pospolity, Czosnaczek
- Portuguese
- Erva-alheira, Erva alheira, Lunaria biënnis
- Russian
- Чесночник лекарственный, Чесночница черешковая, Конский чеснок, Чесночная трава, Чесночник аптечный, Чесночница черешчатая
- Scottish Gaelic
- Gàirleach-callaid
- se
- Bađvvotlávki
- Slovak
- Cesnačka lekárska
- Slovenian
- Česnovka
- Spanish
- Hierba ajera, Hierba de ajo, Hoja del gañán, Yerba de ajo, Yerba del ajo, Yerba que huele a ajos, Zancaraña, Ajera
- Swedish
- Löktrav, Alliaire, Herbe à Ail
- Turkish
- Sarmısak otu
- Ukrainian
- Кінський часник черешковий
- Walloon
- A des håyes
- Welsh
- Garlleg y berth, Garllegog, Jac-y-gwrych
Synonyms
- Alliaria alliacea Britten & Rendle
- Alliaria alliaria (L.) Britton
- Alliaria fuchsii Rupr.
- Alliaria matthioli Rupr.
- Alliaria officinalis Andrz. ex DC.
- Arabis alliaria (L.) Bernh.
- Arabis petiolata M.Bieb.
- Clypeola alliacea Crantz
- Crucifera alliaria (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Erysimum alliaceum Salisb.
- Erysimum alliaria L.
- Erysimum cordifolium Pall.
- Hesperis alliaria (L.) Lam.
- Pallavicinia alliaria (L.) Cocc.
- Sisymbrion alliarium St.-Lag.
- Sisymbrium alliaceum E.Fourn.
- Sisymbrium alliaria (L.) Scop.
- Sisymbrium truncatum Dulac
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 17,818 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Corinne Helmer, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: O. Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dinomariobob, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.