General:
Biennial herb from a taproot; stem erect and unbranched below inflorescence, sparsely hairy below, glabrous or with whitish bloom above, 20-120 cm tall; garlic smell, especially from root but also from crushed leaves.

Leaves:
Basal leaves kidney-shaped, slender-stalked; stem leaves heart-shaped (the notch at the base) to deltoid, margins wavy or coarsely toothed, (1.5) 3-6 cm wide.

Flowers:
In simple or compound racemes, often with leafy bracts at base, 6 mm in diameter; petals white, 6 mm long, twice the length of sepals.

Fruits:
Siliques, spreading and curving upward to be almost erect, 4-6 cm long, 2 mm wide, somewhat 4-angled, on thick stalks 4-6 mm long; seeds blackish, 3 mm long.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Alliaria alliaria (L.) Britt.
Alliaria officinalis
Erysimum alliaria L.
Sisymbrium alliaria (L.) Scop.