Common name:
Ground elder
Family:
Scientific name:
Aegopodium podagraria
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the British Isles; probably an introduced species
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Waste ground, gardens, verges, often damp locations
Flowers:
Small, white, five-petalled, in terminal, compound umbels of between 10 and 20 rays, lacking both bracts and bracteoles
Leaves:
Once or twice trifoliate; leaflets are ovate, hairless, toothed, unlobed, up to 7 cm long, on hollow, grooved stems. Lower leaves are persistent at the flowering stage
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
