Aegopodium podagraria

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Overview

Vigorous grower to 10 in. high, spreading to 12 in.

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Aegopodium

Herbs, perennial , essentially glabrous . Stem erect , branching above or simple . Basal and lower leaves petiolate , sheaths broad, membranous; blade broadly triangular to triangular in outline, ternate or ternate-2-3-pinnate; ultimate segments ovate or ovate-lanceolate, serrate, dentate-divided or lobed . Upper leaves reduced, usually ternate-pinnate. Umbels compound , terminal and lateral ; peduncles longer than the leaves; bracts and bracteoles usually absent; rays ascending-spreading. Calyx teeth obsolete . Petals white or pinkish, obovate , apex with narrow inflexed lobule . Stylopodium conic; styles long, reflexed . Fruit oblong , oblong-ovoid or ovoid , slightly flattened laterally, glabrous; mericarp subrounded in cross section ; ribs filiform , prominent to obscure ; vittae inconspicuous. Seed face plane . Carpophore bifid at apex.

About seven species: Asia, Europe; five species (two endemic) in China.[1]

Physical Description

Landscaping

Landscape Uses: Fast spreading groundcover. • Care: Very adaptable.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,931 meters (0 to 6,335 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 6-12" apart.

Soil: Organic , well-drained. • Minimum pH: 5.1 • Maximum pH: 9.0

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .

Moisture: Water Requirements: Drought tolerant .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Aegopodium podagraria var. variegatum Bailey

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aegopodium

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. podagraria (Bishop's Goutweed) · A. podagraria 'Variegatum' (Bishops Weed)

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Further Reading

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• Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsinki: Societas, 1875-1980. url p. 10, p. 103, p. 107, p. 136, p. 202, p. 205, p. 212, p. 27, p. 27, p. 284, p. 35, p. 36, p. 379, p. 399, p. 404, p. 44, p. 470, p. 48, p. 53, p. 53, p. 56, p. 68, p. 95, p. 97.
• Bartonia;proceedings of the Philadelphia botanical club. .. 42 - 46 1973 - 19 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Botanical Club, Academy of Natural Sciences. url p. 10, p. 11, p. 21, p. 28, p. 48, p. 62, p. 72, p. 78.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 421.
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• British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url , p. 101.
• Bulletin / Ohio Biological Survey. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University, 1913- url p. 221.
• Catalog of Ohio vascular plants, arranged according to the phyletic classification; with notes on the geographical distribution in the state, based mainly on specimens in the State Herbarium, Botanical Laboratory, the Ohio State Univ Columbus, The Ohio State University, 1914. url .
• Catalog of Ohio vascular plants: arranged according to the phyletic classification: with notes on the geographical distribution in the state, based mainly on specimens in the State Herbarium, Botanical Laboratory, the Ohio State Uni by John H. Schaffner. Columbus: Ohio State University, 1914. url p. 221.
• Danish fungi as represented in the herbarium of E. Rostrup / revised by J. Lind. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske boghandel, 1913. url p. 319, p. 457, p. 60, p. 77.
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• Marcellia. New York [etc.]Pergamon Press [etc.] url , , , p. 111, p. 149.
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• Pflanzenphysiologie; Versuche und Beobachtungen an böheren und niederen Pflanzen einschliesslich Bakteriologie und Hydrobiologie mit Planktonkunde, von R. Kolkwitz. Zwiete, umgearbeitete Auflage. .. Jena, G. Fischer, 1922. url p. 17.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences, Vascular plant collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plants, Field notes, Oslo
• Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Botany registration database by Danish botanists
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Lund Botanical Museum
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Plants
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre - SWT Scottish Borders Local Wildlife Site Survey data 1996-2000 - species information
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2652850
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-29567
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4395043
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:92872-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 102037
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 29567
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 92872-3
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDAPI01010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AEPOV
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 19756

Footnotes

1. Sheh Meng-lan, Mark F. Watson "Aegopodium". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 110. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 121.120 meters (397.375 feet), Standard Deviation = 152.010 based on 14,535 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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