Bishop Goutweed, Bishopweed

Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'

Apiaceae - Carrot Family

Aegopodium podagraria ‘Variegatum:’ Bishopweed, Bishop Goutweed

▲▼ Green-leaved forms can be more aggressive and invasive weeds

▲▼ Green-leaved plant flowers and fruit (fruit allow spread by seed)

Location on campus:  near southeast door of Karls Hall

• * Deciduous, alternate (arising from the ground), glabrous, variegated trifoliate leaves with serrated margins on leaflets; leaflets about 2” long and ½ as wide

• * Flowers in flat-topped umbels in late spring—not too showy

• * Plant spreads by creeping roots to form solid groundcover about 6-12” above ground; may spread into adjacent turf or other planting beds if solid border is not used to contain it

• * May die back in hot or dry summers, but usually recovers in fall

• * Good for part-sun to light shade areas with adequate moisture and fertile soil