Aegopodium podagraria

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Overview

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

Common Names

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Description

Family Apiaceae

Herbs, annual or perennial , rarely woody at base . Caulescent or acaulescent , stem hollow or solid. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite or basal; petiole usually sheathing at base; stipules absent (except in subfam. Hydrocotyloideae) ; leaf blade compound or sometimes simple , usually much incised or divided , pinnatifid to pinnatisect , or ternate-pinnately decompound . Flowers epigynous , small, bisexual or staminate (unisexual male), regular, in simple or compound umbels; umbellules few to many-flowered; rays often subtended by bracts forming a involucre; umbellules (sometimes called umbellets ) usually subtended by bracteoles forming an involucel . Pedicels long, short or obsolete (then forming a capitate umbellule) . Calyx tube wholly adnate to the ovary; calyx teeth (sometimes called sepals) small or obsolete, forming a ring around the top of the ovary. Ovary inferior, 2-celled, with one anatropous ovule in each locule. Styles 2, usually swollen at the base forming a stylopodium which often secretes nectar. Fruit dry, of two mericarps united by their faces (commissure ), and usually attached to a central axis (carpophore), from which the mericarps separate at maturity; mericarps are variously flattened dorsally , laterally or terete ; each mericarp has 5 primary ribs , one down the back (dorsal rib), two on the edges near the commissure (lateral ribs ), and two between the dorsal and lateral ribs (intermediate ribs), occasionally with four secondary ribs alternating with the primary , the ribs filiform to broadly winged , thin or corky; vittae (oil-tubes) usually present in the furrow (intervals between the ribs sometimes called the valleculae) and on the commissure face, rarely also in the pericarp, sometimes obscure . Each mericarp 1-seeded, splitting apart at maturity. Seed face (commissural albumen) plane , concave to sulcate .

Between 250 and 440( 455) genera and 3300 3700 species: widely distributed in the temperate zone of both hemispheres, mainly in Eurasia and especially in C Asia; 100 genera (ten endemic) and 614 species (340 endemic) in China.[1]

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.[2]

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).[3]

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

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Aegopodium podagraria var. variegatum Bailey

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Sp. pl. 1:265. 1753

Name verified on 05-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Nov-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aegopodium

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. alpestre · A. angelicifolium · A. anthriscoides · A. brachycarpum · A. burttii · A. calycinum · A. carum · A. handelii · A. henryi · A. involucratum · A. kashmirica · A. latifolium · A. podagaria · A. podagraria (Variegated Bishop's Weed) · A. podagraria 'Bengt' · A. podagraria 'Dangerous' · A. podagraria gold-margined · A. podagraria 'Hullavington' · A. podagraria 'Lacock Blush' · A. podagraria nadeshdae · A. podagraria 'Variegatum' (Variegated Bishop's Weed) · A. podagrarium · A. podograria · A. simplex · A. tadhikorum · A. tadshikorum · A. tenera · A. ternatum · A. tribracteolatum

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 26 providers.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 25, 2008)

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: 13979142
• 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. Menglan She, Fading Pu, Zehui Pan, Mark Watson, John F. M. Cannon, Ingrid Holmes-Smith, Eugene V. Kljuykov, Loy R. Phillippe & Michael G. Pimenov "Apiaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. 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]
3. 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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