Aegopodium podagraria

Aegopodium podagraria L. Engl.: goutweed, bishop's elder, bishop's goutweed, bishopsweed, bishopswort, English masterwort, goatweed, ground ash, ground elder, herb Gerard, Jack-jump-about, pigweed, wild masterwort. Deu.: Giersch, Geissfuss, Podagrakraut, Zipperleinskraut. Suom.: vuohenputki. Sven.: kirskål, kers, qualler, skvallerkål.

Goutweed omelet.

Henriette's herbal blog: I only started liking this abundant wild green a year or so ago.

Celeriac nettle soup.

Henriette's herbal blog: a really tasty soup.

Aegopodium podagraria.

Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.

Goutweed as spinach.

Henriette's herbal blog: It's a nice leaf vegetable, if you like the taste of anise.

Angelica pipe.

Henriette's herbal blog: Or, well, umbellifer pipe, really.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 4.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 4. Spring growth. This spreads by root runners much more than by seed, so it usually forms dense mats. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2005-05-12.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 5.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 5. Young leaf, still half folded up. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2005-05-12.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 6.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 6. Young leaf, still half folded up. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2005-05-12.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 7.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 7. Young leaf, still half folded up. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2005-05-12.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 3.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 3. Lush spring growth. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2005-05-12.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 8.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 8. Leaves of Angelica sylvestris and Aegopodium podagraria. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 1996-05-01.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria. Flowering plant. More culinary than medicinal, you go get the small leaves when they are still very light green and use them as a potherb. Acquired taste (means I don't like it). Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 1992-06-01.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 1.

Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 1. Leaf. Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 1992-06-01.