Common name
English: Garlic mustard
German: Knoblauchsrauke
Portuguese: Erva-alheira
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Capparales (36)
Family: Brassicaceae (33)(family description)
Genus: Alliaria (1)
Epithet: petiolata (M.Bieb.) Cavara & Grande (1)
Synonyms: Alliaria aculeolata (M.Bieb.) Cavara & Grande, Alliaria alboi Sennen, Alliaria alliacea Britten & Rendle, Alliaria alliaria (L.) Britton, Alliaria fuchsii Rupr., Alliaria mathioli Rupr., Alliaria officinalis Andrz., Arabis alliaria Bernh., Arabis petiolata M.Bieb., Clypeola alliacea Crantz, Crucifera alliaria (Linnaeus) E.H.L.Krause, Erysimum alliaceum Salisb., Erysimum alliaria L., Erysimum cordifolium Pall., Hesperis alliaria (Linnaeus) Lamarck, Sisymbrium alliaceum Salisb., Sisymbrium alliaria (L.) Scop.
cordifolium => with heart-shaped leaves
fuchsii => in honor of Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566), German physician and botanist
officinalis => of practical use to man; official species in commerce, especially for medicinal purposes
petiolata => having petioles, not sessile, distinctly petiolate
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white