Ground-elder - Aegopodium podagraria

Description

Vigorous medium to tall rhizomatous plant that is often patch forming. Toothed uppermost leaves are paired and have three toothed leaflets and short, inflated stalks. Flowers white 2 to 3 mm in umbels of 2 to 6 cm each umbel having 10 to 20 rays.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Cultivated land and gardens, shady places.

When to see it

May to August.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Common throughout Britain except the west of Scotland.

VC55 Status

Common (and sometimes invasive) in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 459 of the 617 tetrads.

In the current Checklist (Jeeves, 2011) it is listed as Alien (archaeophyte), frequent

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Species profile

Common names
Ground Elder, Ground-elder, Goutweed, Bishopweed
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Apiales
Family:
Apiaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
145
First record:
21/09/2005 (Lizzy Peat)
Last record:
28/10/2023 (Smith, Peter)

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