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*Mummenhoffia alliacea (Linnaeus) Esmailbegi & Al-Shehbaz. Common name: Garlic Pennycress, Roadside Pennycress. Phenology: Mar-Apr; Apr-May. Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, roadsides. Distribution: Native of Europe. This alien is spreading very aggressively along roadsides and into fields in some parts of our area (Cusick 2015; Thompson et al. 2013).

Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Synonymy ⓘ: = Atha et al (2021a), Esmailbegi et al (2018); = n/a — C, F, Tat; = Thlaspi alliaceum L. — FNA7, K4, Pa, RAB, Tn, Va, Al-Shehbaz (1986a), Rollins (1993), Stace (2021). Basionym: Thlaspi alliaceum L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Thlaspi alliaceum - FNA7

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image of plant© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷

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