This plant's name is Alliaria petiolata which looks like allium but actually a biannual flowering plant from the mustard family. In the south, we grow alot of plain mustard plants to boil and eat as greens, but this plant is a thin taproot that favors something you can clean your teeth with.
This plant smells like horse radish, and is known to be the poor man's mustard. I am pretty sure they would sell this stuff in a rich man's gourmet shop for high prices if they could make the weed into a condiment. White tailed deer love this plant to nibble on as well as many other people. I am pretty sure I have seen this one creeping on my lawn in the last few years. Enjoy this entry. If you would like to find out more about any plant in our area and investigate Alabama's plants, head on over to the Alabama Forestry Commission's Website, Your local county extension service and invasive.org.
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