Garlic Mustard Plant. One challenging aspect of garlic mustard, aside from how easily it spreads, is its effects on other plants. On average, a garlic mustard plant will produce 22 siliques, each of which can contain as many as 28 seeds.

On average, a garlic mustard plant will produce 22 siliques, each of which can contain as many as 28 seeds. Garlic mustard has been used as an antiseptic herb for treating leg ulcers, bruises and sores, coughs and colds, clearing a stuffy head, to encourage sweating and even as a cure for colic and kidney stones. Studies suggest the plant is allelopathic, which means it releases chemicals that can.