Aegopodium podagraria

Common Name: 
bishops goutweed, goutweed, bishop's weed, groundelder
Scientific Name: 
Aegopodium podagraria L.
Family Name: 
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) - Carrot Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
introduced perennial, reproducing by seed and long, white, branching rhizomes
Stems
reproductive, upright, smooth, sometimes branched, fennel-like scent, leafy
Stems of Bishops Goutweed
Stems of Bishops Goutweed
Leaves
most basal arising from rhizome, long petioled, divided into 3 main parts, each part divided up to 5 times, upper leaves usually 3-parted and short petioled, leaflets round-oval to heart-shaped, sometime mitten-shaped, irregularly coarsely to finely tooth
Leaves of Bishops Goutweed
Leaves of Bishops Goutweed
Leaves of Bishops Goutweed
Leaves of Bishops Goutweed
Flowers
five-petaled, small, white; terminal umbel, sometimes axillary
Flowers of Bishops Goutweed