64: Garlic mustard. Very invasive. (Prospect Park, Mar 3, 2024)

30: Garlic mustard. Had to clear away the leaves to find it. (Prospect Park, Mar 4, 2001)

31: Garlic mustard root (Prospect Park, Mar 4, 2001)

7: Garlic mustard - young. (Central Park, Mar 19, 2000)

8: Garlic mustard - young closeup. (Central Park, Mar 19, 2000)

9: Garlic mustard. Mature (i.e. second year) (Central Park, Mar 19, 2000)

10: Garlic Mustard. Second year. (Prospect Park, Mar 25, 2000)

11: Garlic Mustard. First year. (Prospect Park, Mar 25, 2000)

12: Garlic Mustard. A big one that would have decent roots (which are like horseradish). (Prospect Park, Mar 25, 2000)

32: Garlic mustard sprouts (Crestwood Riverside, Apr 14, 2001)

33: Garlic mustard, second year growth. (Crestwood Riverside, Apr 14, 2001)

34: Garlic mustard (Prospect Park, Apr 22, 2001)

35: Garlic mustard root. Tastes like horseradish. (Prospect Park, Apr 22, 2001)

44: Garlic mustard. (Central Park, May 8, 2005)

45: Garlic mustard. Flower closeup. Flowers have four petals in shape of a cross. (Central Park, May 8, 2005)

46: A large patch of second year garlic mustard that we passed. Can return for seeds in the summer. (Central Park, May 8, 2005)

13: Garlic Mustard (second year). (Alley Pond Park (Woods), May 14, 2000)

14: Garlic mustard flower (Alley Pond Park (Woods), May 14, 2000)

52: Garlic mustard, second year. Patch. At this time the second year leaves are better than the first year. (Prospect Park, May 22, 2011)

53: Garlic mustard, second year. Single plant. (Prospect Park, May 22, 2011)

54: Garlic mustard, second year. Flower on stem closeup. (Prospect Park, May 22, 2011)

55: Garlic mustard, second year. Flower closeup. (Prospect Park, May 22, 2011)

56: Garlic mustard, first year. These leaves have become bitter now. Better earlier in the season. In October the root is like horseradish. Too small now. (Prospect Park, May 22, 2011)

57: Garlic mustard, second year. Nice patch. (Prospect Park, May 22, 2011)

15: Garlic mustard, first year. Starts to get bitter this time of year. Root is like horseradish. (Prospect Park, May 27, 2000)

16: Garlic mustard, second year. (Prospect Park, May 27, 2000)

17: Garlic mustard. Stems now too tough, but bulbs good. Like garlic. (Prospect Park, May 27, 2000)

47: Garlic mustard, second year (Central Park, May 30, 2005)

48: Garlic mustard, second year. (Prospect Park, Jul 1, 2006)

49: Violets and garlic mustard, first year. Closeup. (Prospect Park, Jul 1, 2006)

50: Violets and garlic mustard, first year. Patch. (Prospect Park, Jul 1, 2006)

51: Garlic mustard, second year. Patch. (Prospect Park, Jul 1, 2006)

18: Garlic mustard. Out of season, but has been mowed and there is edible new growth. (Central Park, Jul 2, 2000)

36: Garlic mustard seeds. (Forest Park, Jul 4, 2001)

37: Garlic mustard seeds. (Forest Park, Jul 4, 2001)

38: Small garlic mustard. (Forest Park, Jul 4, 2001)

58: Garlic mustard second year. (Forest Park, Jul 4, 2011)

59: Garlic mustard seeds. Don't have to grind seeds to use. (Forest Park, Jul 4, 2011)

60: Garlic mustard first year. (Forest Park, Jul 4, 2011)

39: Garlic mustard, 2nd year. (Prospect Park, Jul 8, 2001)

19: Garlic mustard. Seeds can be harvested now. (Prospect Park, Jul 9, 2000)

61: Garlic mustard, second year. Seeds are perfect to collect right now. Don't have to grind seeds to use. Note poison ivy in lower right. (Inwood Park, Jul 17, 2011)

20: Garlic mustard. Leaves in summer too bitter. (Central Park, Jul 29, 2000)

21: Garlic mustard root. Is good now. Like horseradish. (Central Park, Jul 29, 2000)

22: Garlic mustard. 2nd year. Can collect seeds. Put in at end of cooking. (Central Park, Jul 29, 2000)

40: Garlic mustard. (Prospect Park, Jul 29, 2001)

41: Garlic mustard seeds. (Prospect Park, Jul 29, 2001)

42: Garlic mustard. 1st year. (Prospect Park, Jul 29, 2001)

43: Garlic mustard. 1st year. (Prospect Park, Jul 29, 2001)

23: Garlic mustard. 1st year. Leaves at this time of year too bitter to eat. (Central Park, Aug 20, 2000)

24: Garlic mustard root. Like horseradish. (Central Park, Aug 20, 2000)

25: Garlic mustard 2nd year. Seeds are good. (Central Park, Aug 20, 2000)

26: Garlic mustard, 2nd year. Seeds are edible. (Prospect Park, Sep 2, 2000)

27: Garlic mustard, 1st year. Leaves are edible in spring and fall. (Prospect Park, Sep 2, 2000)

28: Garlic mustard root. Like horsradish. (Prospect Park, Sep 2, 2000)

1: Garlic Mustard (Cunningham Park, Nov 14, 1999)

2: Garlic Mustard (Cunningham Park, Nov 14, 1999)

3: Garlic Mustard (Cunningham Park, Nov 14, 1999)

4: Garlic Mustard. Well, the seeds were almost all gone, but I found a few. There were some in this picture, but they didn't come out. On pictures like this the camera has difficulty focusing. (Cunningham Park, Nov 14, 1999)

29: Garlic mustard, 1st year. (Central Park, Nov 19, 2000)

5: Garlic Mustard. Can eat root and small leaves. (Central Park, Nov 21, 1999)

6: Garlic Mustard (Central Park, Nov 21, 1999)

62: Garlic mustard. First year closeup. Good now, but better in May. In May eat the flowers, very delicious. They are shaped like a cross. (Prospect Park, Dec 2, 2023)

63: Patch of first year garlic mustard. They like growing on the edges of forests. Or like here, at the edges of bushes. They are considered invasive. (Prospect Park, Dec 2, 2023)