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Plants
Scalloped leaves smelling of garlic under small white four-petal flowers.
Field facts
HabitatWoodland floors, trail edges
RangeStatewide
When to lookFlowers April to May
StatusInvasive in Indiana (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesViolets, Creeping Charlie
Field note: Its roots poison the soil fungi that native woodland plants depend on.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Pull before seed set where allowed and bag it; do not compost on site.
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