Aegopodium podagraria

Botanical Description

Aegopodium podagraria is a herbaceous, perennial plant with slender far-creeping, underground rhizomes that, at intervals, form new erect stems. The plant can form large mats of leafy growth 20 - 30cm tall, with flowering stems up to 100cm tall[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.This species was cultivated in the Middle Ages as a medicinal and food plant[ 5 Title Food for Free. Publication Author Mabey. R. Publisher Collins Year 1974 ISBN 0-00-219060-5 Description Edible wild plants found in Britain. Fairly comprehensive, very few pictures and rather optimistic on the desirability of some of the plants. , 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. , 177 Title Plants for Human Consumption. Publication Author Kunkel. G. Publisher Koeltz Scientific Books Year 1984 ISBN 3874292169 Description An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of Latin names with a brief list of edible parts. , 268 Title The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Herbalism Publication Author Stuart. M. (Editor) Publisher Orbis Publishing. London. Year 1979 ISBN 0-85613-067-2 Description Excellent herbal with good concise information on over 400 herbs. ]. There is a variegated form of the plant that is less invasive and is sometimes grown in the ornamental garden[ 208 Title Plants for Ground Cover Publication Author Thomas. G. S. Publisher J. M. Dent & Sons Year 1990 ISBN 0-460-12609-1 Description An excellent detailled book on the subject, very comprehensive. ]. A very invasive plant, spreading freely at the roots[ 4 Title A Modern Herbal. Publication Author Grieve. Publisher Penguin Year 1984 ISBN 0-14-046-440-9 Description Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants. , 53 Title The Wild Garden. Publication Author De. Bray. L. Publisher Year ISBN Description Interesting reading. , 208 Title Plants for Ground Cover Publication Author Thomas. G. S. Publisher J. M. Dent & Sons Year 1990 ISBN 0-460-12609-1 Description An excellent detailled book on the subject, very comprehensive. ]. Once established it can be very difficult to eradicate because any small piece of root left in the ground can regrow[ K Title Plants for a Future Author Ken Fern Description Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips. ]. The plant has often escaped from cultivation and become established in the native habitat - seed is not usually the problem, it is more common that parts of the plant have been dumped by gardeners and these parts will usually root and carry on growing, thus introducing the plant to a new area[ K Title Plants for a Future Author Ken Fern Description Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips. ]