Botanists from Copenhagen and the United Kingdom have conducted a scientific study to determine which plants are particularly ...

Plant can confuse, harm butterfly.The West Virginia white is a rare spring butterfly native to Pennsylvania. The caterpillars eat several species of plants in the mustard family. The butterfly ...

Grow it for its zippy leaves, vibrant flowers, or pungent seeds. From fiery condiments to mellow greens—this cool-weather crop does it all.Whether you’re team white mustard, brown mustard, or black ...

The difference between these plants is that wild mustard is found growing in open fields and has a yellow bloom, while garlic mustard is usually found growing in and around forests and has a white ...

Researchers report that larvae of the cabbage white butterfly use two gut enzymes to effectively disarm the mustard oil bomb, the major chemical defense system of their host plants. Cabbage white ...

Native wildflowers are now creeping across our woodland floors. And, from what I saw Saturday at a preserve called Trillium Ravine, the season's show-stopper -- the great white trillium -- is just ...

CHICAGO — After diving into viewer emails, we have two new topics to cover on this week’s edition of Weekend Gardening — Garlic Mustard and backyard squirrels! We’ve had several emails ...

One of the best wildflower trails in Anderson County is threatened by garlic mustard, an invasive exotic that crowds out native plants.

Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service have shown that seed meal from plants in the mustard family can kill mosquito larvae.

Both enzymes are found exclusively in cabbage white butterflies and other species of the Pieridae (white butterfly) family whose host plants contain glucosinolates.

It's also toxic to larvae of rare butterfly species that lay eggs on plants in the mustard family via chemicals that they are not naturally adapted to. Do your part ...

For a century, it spread relatively slowly, by an estimated 140 square miles a year. However, from the 1970s onward, garlic mustard s rate of expansion skyrocketed to 2,500 square miles a year. Some ...