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Aegopodium podagraria |
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Goutweed aka
Bishop's Weed, Snow in the Mountain, Ashweed, Ground Ash, Ground
Elder, Herb Gerard |
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Eurasia |
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Spreading, aggressive, rhizomatous groundcover (INVASIVE) |
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8-10 inches |
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Umbels 1˝-3 inches
wide, 12-15 ray flowers, flowers white, not
showy. |
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Late spring to
early summer |
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Leaves biternately compound, basal and
lower stem leaves with a short, broadly
expanding petiole, segments ˝-3 inches long,
leaves white-margined. |
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In humid, hot
weather, Aegopodium has severe leaf blight however, it
comes back nicely with the return of drier and
cooler weather in the late
summer. |
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- 'Variegatum' - Snow in the Mountain, Silveredge Goutweed, Silveredge Bishop's
Weed - less
vigorous than the solid green colored species but still invasive - foliage is light green
and irregularly edged with white, serves to
brighten areas of deep shade where grass
will not grow. Once this or the species
finds its way into a bed or border, it is
pretty much there forever unless you take
drastic steps.
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Use as a groundcover where it can
be restricted, such as between a sidewalk and
the house. It is not as invasive as the green
leaf species, Aegopodium podagraria, but caution
should still be used.
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The common name,
Bishop's Weed, is said to have arisen from the
belief that this plant's persistence in the
garden would cause even a bishop to swear. It
can do the same to atheists too. Goutweed refers
to its alleged role in treating gout. |
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