Common Name:
bishops
goutweed
Common Name Synonyms:
goutweed, bishop's weed, groundelder
Scientific Name:
Aegopodium podagraria
Family Name:
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
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Carrot Family
Life Cycle
introduced perennial, reproducing by seed and long, white, branching rhizomes
Stems
reproductive, upright, smooth, sometimes branched, fennel-like scent, leafy
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
Flowers
five-petaled, small, white; terminal umbel, sometimes axillary
