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
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Goutweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aepo_001_lvd
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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.
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John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Bugwood.org bug_5391812
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Leaves arising from the rhizomes typically outnumber flower-bearing stems, per USDA Forest Service Weed of the Week (Northeastern Area).
COMPARE
compound leaves of woodland herbs, with toothed margins
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5446513
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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).
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5446521
Month Unknown
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5446550
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Horticulturalists recognize the highly invasive nature of this plant, per USDA Forest Service Weed of the Week (Northeastern Area).
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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+).
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5446591b
Month Unknown
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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
2510
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Rare
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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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