Common Name: bishops goutweed, goutweed, bishop's weed, groundelderScientific Name: Aegopodium podagraria L.Family Name: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) - Carrot FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and long, white, branching rhizomes Stemsreproductive, upright, smooth, sometimes branched, fennel-like scent, leafy Leavesmost 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 Flowersfive-petaled, small, white; terminal umbel, sometimes axillary