[Ruth_10]

Originally Posted by bcday

Garlic mustard cotyledons are long and skinny, not the shape shown in Di's pic. Here's a pic of a thick stand of Garlic mustard seedlings that I found online. They are just getting their first true leaves and you can still see the shape of the cotyledons on a lot of them:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/animalsAndPlants/noxious-weeds/weed-identification/~/media/environment/animalsAndPlants/noxious_weeds/imagesD_G/garlic_mustard_seedlings.ashx

Are there any wild brassicas in New Zealand?

Thanks, Bc, for the correction. Garlic mustard was growing everywhere where we lived in Michigan and now I see it here and there in Missouri. For those who are not familiar with it, it will re-seed from flowers or will start up again from roots if you don't pull the entire thing. It crowds out native plants big time.