Aegopodium podagraria



Common Name:  bishops weed, gout weed 

Family:   Apiaceae 

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Flower/Inflorescence: umbels of white flowers in the summer 

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Habit: spreading/creeping 

Form:  creeping mat of deep/dense ground cover 

Culture: will grow almost anywhere and in any soil, spreading by rhizomes  

Landscape Use: perennial weed 

Notes: very aggressive, will out compete all but woody plants and it almost impossible to get rid of/ will need to smother out in order to out compete 







'Variegata'