OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aegopodium podagraria   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aegopodium podagraria   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Aegopodium podagraria

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-23-001:

Aegopodium podagraria var. podagraria   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Aegopodium podagraria var. variegatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Goutweed, Bishop's Weed


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image of Aegopodium podagraria, Goutweed, Bishop's Weed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_aepo_001_lvd

        

image of Aegopodium podagraria, Goutweed, Bishop's Weed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org     bug_5269084

Month Unknown        

Attempting to dig this up can stimulate reproduction via the stolons, per www.invasive.org.

image of Aegopodium podagraria, Goutweed, Bishop's Weed

John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Bugwood.org    bug_5391812

Month Unknown        

Leaves arising from the rhizomes typically outnumber flower-bearing stems, per USDA Forest Service Weed of the Week (Northeastern Area).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE compound leaves of woodland herbs, with toothed margins

image of Aegopodium podagraria, Goutweed, Bishop's Weed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org     bug_5446513

Month Unknown        

image of Aegopodium podagraria, Goutweed, Bishop's Weed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org     bug_5446515

Month Unknown        

Leaflets toothed or irregularly lobed, green or variegated, per USDA Forest Service Weed of the Week (Northeastern Area).

image of Aegopodium podagraria, Goutweed, Bishop's Weed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5446521

Month Unknown        

image of Aegopodium podagraria, Goutweed, Bishop's Weed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5446550

Month Unknown        

Horticulturalists recognize the highly invasive nature of this plant, per USDA Forest Service Weed of the Week (Northeastern Area).

image of Aegopodium podagraria, Goutweed, Bishop's Weed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5446591

Month Unknown        

Flowers are tiny and arranged in flat-topped clusters 2-4" across, per Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas (Swearingen et al., 2002+).

image of Aegopodium podagraria, Goutweed, Bishop's Weed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5446591b

Month Unknown        

image of Aegopodium podagraria, Goutweed, Bishop's Weed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org     bug_5446615

Month Unknown        

Leaves long-petioled, divided into leaflets arranged in groups of three, per USDA Forest Service Weed of the Week (Northeastern Area).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aegopodium podagraria   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aegopodium podagraria   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aegopodium podagraria

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-23-001:
Aegopodium podagraria var. podagraria   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Aegopodium podagraria var. variegatum

 

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2510

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Rare

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Ternately compound, or complexly compound with pinnate and ternate compoundness
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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