Nice set of photographs. What is the typical flowering season for this plant.. Regards Prashant
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:22 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 > =========== > > -- > > > > --
