Hedge garlic (Alliara petiolata)
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Hedge garlic (Alliara petiolata)
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 21 Apr 2007
A fairly common damp-loving, spring-flowering plant which has a number of common names including garlic mustard, Jack-by-the-hedge and sauce-alone, and indeed it was used in sauces for fish and lamb in the C17/18, or as an ingredient for spring salads today. The leaves are best picked young before they become coarse. It was growing here near to the lake at Poyston Hall.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.841119
Longitude
-4.949662