Garlic mustard is one of the few plants that has an onion smell
without belonging to the Allium genus.
You can see that it is in the cabbage family (Brasicaceae formerly Cruciferae)
because each flower has those four petals arranged in a cross.
It's more folksy name of Jack-by-the-Hedge is well deserved. Each plant stands up stiff and straight alongside hedges and roads.
Standing in a row like so many soldiers on parade.
I mentioned a short time ago that Lady's Smock was a foodplant for the orange tip butterfly's caterpillars; so is Jack-by-the-Hedge.
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