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'''''Aegopodium''''' Native to Europe and western Asia. It is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s of the carrot family [[Apiaceae]], represented by about 7 species, all are perennial herbs. Flowers are compounded, umbels appearing in spring-summer. Fruit consists of 2-winged or ribbed nuts that separate on ripening.
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The most well-known member is the ''[[Aegopodium podagraria]]'', the ground elder also known as snow-on-the-mountain, Bishop's weed, goutweed, native to Europe and Asia. It is variegated green and white that sometimes reverts to solid green within a patch. Small, white, five-petal flowers are held about three feet high, above the leaves, in flat topped clusters. Underground are long white branching rhizomes that vaguely resemble quackgrass. Regarded as an ecological threat, goutweed is aggressive, invasive and forms dense patches reducing species diversity in the ground layer. On the other hand, because of this, it is often used as a low maintenance ground cover.
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Aegopodium (aix, goat, and podion, a little foot; probably from the shape of the lfts). Umbelliferae. Goutweed. Coarse, hardy herbaceous perennial, with creeping rootstocks, biternate lvs., sharply toothed, ovate lfts., white fls. in umbels: frs. ovate, glabrous, with equal filiform ribs, and no oil-tubes.
 
Aegopodium (aix, goat, and podion, a little foot; probably from the shape of the lfts). Umbelliferae. Goutweed. Coarse, hardy herbaceous perennial, with creeping rootstocks, biternate lvs., sharply toothed, ovate lfts., white fls. in umbels: frs. ovate, glabrous, with equal filiform ribs, and no oil-tubes.
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| genus = '''''Aegopodium'''''
 
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| type_species = ''[[Aegopodium podagraria]]''
 
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*''[[Aegopodium alpestre]]''
 
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*''[[Aegopodium handelii]]''
 
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*''[[Aegopodium henryi]]''
 
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*''[[Aegopodium kashmiricum]]''
 
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*''[[Aegopodium latifolium]]''
 
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*''[[Aegopodium podagraria]]''
 
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*''[[Aegopodium tadshikorum]]''
 
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'''''Aegopodium podagraria''''' is a  genus of [[flowering plant]]s of the family [[Apiaceae]], represented by about 7 species. The most well-known member is the ''[[Aegopodium podagraria]]'', the ground elder.
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==Cultivation==
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Frost hardy but drought tender, preferring moist well-drained soil in an open sunny position.
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===Propagation===
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Propagate from seed or rhizome.
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===Pests and diseases===
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== Species ==
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* ''[[Aegopodium alpestre]]''
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* ''[[Aegopodium handelii]]''
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* ''[[Aegopodium henryi]]''
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* ''[[Aegopodium kashmiricum]]''
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* ''[[Aegopodium latifolium]]''
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* ''[[Aegopodium podagraria]]''
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* ''[[Aegopodium tadshikorum]]''
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==Gallery==
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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==External links==
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* http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/invasivetutorial/Goutweed.htm
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* http://www.homolaicus.com/scienza/erbario/utility/botanica_sistematica/hypertext/0035.htm#000000 Botanica Sistematica
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* Lord, Tony, Flora: The Gardener's Bible, Cassell (London),2003
  
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Latest revision as of 16:25, 20 November 2010


Aegopodium podagraria


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Aegopodium Native to Europe and western Asia. It is a genus of flowering plants of the carrot family Apiaceae, represented by about 7 species, all are perennial herbs. Flowers are compounded, umbels appearing in spring-summer. Fruit consists of 2-winged or ribbed nuts that separate on ripening.

The most well-known member is the Aegopodium podagraria, the ground elder also known as snow-on-the-mountain, Bishop's weed, goutweed, native to Europe and Asia. It is variegated green and white that sometimes reverts to solid green within a patch. Small, white, five-petal flowers are held about three feet high, above the leaves, in flat topped clusters. Underground are long white branching rhizomes that vaguely resemble quackgrass. Regarded as an ecological threat, goutweed is aggressive, invasive and forms dense patches reducing species diversity in the ground layer. On the other hand, because of this, it is often used as a low maintenance ground cover.


Read about Aegopodium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Aegopodium (aix, goat, and podion, a little foot; probably from the shape of the lfts). Umbelliferae. Goutweed. Coarse, hardy herbaceous perennial, with creeping rootstocks, biternate lvs., sharply toothed, ovate lfts., white fls. in umbels: frs. ovate, glabrous, with equal filiform ribs, and no oil-tubes. CH


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Cultivation

Frost hardy but drought tender, preferring moist well-drained soil in an open sunny position.

Propagation

Propagate from seed or rhizome.

Pests and diseases

Species

Gallery

  • photo 1

  • photo 2

  • photo 3

References


External links


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