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Aegopodium podagraria L.

Bishop's goutweed (en), Podagraire (fr), Fausse Angélique (fr), Égopode podagraire (fr), Herbe aux goutteux (fr), Fausse angélique (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Aegopodium

Characteristics

Stout, erect herb with long slender rhizomes. Stems hollow, grooved, up to 100 cm high. Basal lvs (1)-2-ternate, long-petiolate; ultimate segments ovate, acuminate, irregularly serrate, sometimes lobed, 3-8-(10) cm long, sessile or shortly petiolate; stem lvs similar to basal but usually smaller, 1-ternate and shortly petiolate. Umbels 2-8 cm diam.; rays few to numerous, 1.5-4 cm long. Fls numerous, white, 2-3 mm diam. Fr. dark brown with lighter ribs, 3-5 mm long.
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Erect, branched, 4-10 dm; lower lvs long-petiolate, mostly biternate with 9 lfls but often irregular; lfls oblong to ovate, 3-8 mm, sharply serrate; upper lvs reduced, short-petiolate, chiefly once ternate; umbels dense, 6-12 cm wide, the 15-25 rays subequal; fr 3-4 mm; 2n=22, 44. Native of Eurasia, cult. in old-fashioned gardens and often escaped in ne. U.S., especially in moist, partly shaded places. Most horticultural forms have white-margined lvs.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system rhizome
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Hedgerows and cultivated land. A common garden weed.
Light 3-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Diuretic (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Sciatica (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Resolvent (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified)
Human toxicity phototoxic (whole)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Habit

Aegopodium podagraria habit picture by Martin Bishop (cc-by-sa)
Aegopodium podagraria habit picture by Rossen Vassilev (cc-by-sa)
Aegopodium podagraria habit picture by Dell'Erba Laura (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Aegopodium podagraria leaf picture by ERIC LE FALHER (cc-by-sa)
Aegopodium podagraria leaf picture by plantnet.jh (cc-by-sa)
Aegopodium podagraria leaf picture by Chomát František (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Aegopodium podagraria flower picture by Martin Bishop (cc-by-sa)
Aegopodium podagraria flower picture by Denis Roussillat (cc-by-sa)
Aegopodium podagraria flower picture by staurolit (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Aegopodium podagraria fruit picture by Scali Edoardo (cc-by-sa)
Aegopodium podagraria fruit picture by Margaux Duchêne (cc-by-sa)
Aegopodium podagraria fruit picture by eLJot (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Aegopodium podagraria world distribution map, present in Canada, France, New Zealand, Russian Federation, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:837329-1
WFO ID wfo-0000521573
COL ID 6594Z
BDTFX ID 1036
INPN ID 80322
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Aegopodium podagraria Aegopodium simplex Apium biternatum Podagraria aegopodium Sison podagraria Sium vulgare Seseli aegopodium Pimpinella angelicifolia Podagraria erratica Tragoselinum angelica Selinum podagraria Aegopodium angelicifolium Aegopodium ternatum Apium podagraria Ligusticum podagraria Sium podagraria Carum podagraria Aegopodium podagraria subsp. nadeshdae Aegopodium podagraria var. podagraria Aegopodium podagraria var. variegatum
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