Alliaria Scop.

Herbs, annual or biennial. Basal leaves long-petioled; cauline leaves shortly stalked. Racemes many-flowered, lax, elongated in fruit. Flowers small, white. Petals oblong-obovate, about twice as long as sepals. Stamens 6; anthers short, obtuse. Lateral nectar glands annular; middle glands broadly conical. Fruits bilocular, dehiscent. Seeds 1-seriate.

Asia, Europe and North Africa; 2 species, 1 in India.

List of Lower Taxa