Garlic Mustard, Alliaria officinalis L., 

Roots of the mature plant may be grated like horseradish.  Harvest in fall or early spring. Pickle in vinegar, use like horseradish. 

Medicine:  Folk practitioners used the juice of garlic mustard as an antiseptic wash.  Crushed leaves rubbed on skin are warming (rubefacient).

The plant has become a nuisance crowding out legitimate native flora.  Folks in our parts pull the plants by the truckload stemming back their endless procession of dominance.  (More)      (LOVE CREEK)
Garlic mustard just before blooming, April 27.