Aegopodium podagraria

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000623",
  "term": "Aegopodium podagraria",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Goutweed, also known as bishop's-weed and snow-on-the-mountain, is an herbaceous perennial plant. It is one of several species of Aegopodium, native to Europe and Asia. Most leaves are basal, with the leafstalk attached to an underground stem, or rhizome. The leaves are divided into three groups of three leaflets, making it \"triternate.\" The leaflets are toothed and sometimes irregularly lobed. Foliage of the \"wild\" type is medium green in color; a commonly planted variegated form has bluish-green leaves with creamy white edges. Sometimes reversion back to solid green or a mixture of solid green and the lighter variegated pattern occurs within a patch. Small, white, five-petaled flowers are produced in mid-summer. Flowers are arranged in flat-topped clusters (called compound umbels) and are held above the ground on a leafy stem up to about 3 feet tall. The seeds are small and elongate, similar in size and shape to carrot seeds, and ripen in late summer. In contrast to the dense foliage cover produced by goutweed, flowering shoots are uncommon in densely shaded areas.",
  "references": [
    "National Park Service Plant Conservation Alliance at http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/aepo1.htm"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/aegopodium-podagraria/"
}