| Common Name: | Bishop’s Goutweed |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Aegopodium |
| Species: | podagraria |
| Classification/Rank: | Invasive |
| Method of Transportation: | This species spreads easily from root fragments and can spread into new areas as a result of the dumping of garden debris |
| Habitat/Range: | Mesic to dry roadsides and waste places in the lowland zone |
General: Perennial herb from a long-creeping rhizome, often in bundles; plants creeping, patch-forming; stems hollow, grooved, glabrous, 0.3-1.0 m tall. Leaves: Basal leaves 2 times pinnately-cut, leaf segments stalked, egg-shaped, the tips long-pointed, stem leaves deeply indented with leaflets once to several times compound, 10-20 cm long, the segments 4-8 cm long, sessile or shortly stalked, reduced upwards. Flowers: Inflorescence terminal in compound umbels; petals white or sometimes pink, usually lacking bracts. Fruits: Egg-shaped, 3-4 mm long, ribs inconspicuous
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