Apiaceae
Bishop's goutweed
Aegopodium podagraria
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Aegopodium
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Common names
By language (43)
- Arabic
- رجل العنزة البستانية, حشيشة المعزة, رجل المعزة
- arz
- رجل العنزه البستانيه
- Bosnian
- Jarčevac
- Bulgarian
- Благ бъз
- Chinese
- 宽叶羊角芹, 寬葉羊角芹, 羊角芹
- Croatian
- Podagrasti jarčevac
- cv
- Серте
- Czech
- Bršlice kozí noha
- Danish
- Skvalderkål, Skvadderkål
- Dutch
- Zevenblad
- English
- Bishop's goutweed, Bishop's weed, English masterwort, Gout wort, Goutweed, Ground elder, Herb gerard, Snow-in-the-mountain
- Esperanto
- Egopodio
- Estonian
- Harilik naat
- Finnish
- Vuohenputki, Lehtovuohenputki
- French
- Égopode podagraire, Podagraire, Aégopode podagraire, Egopode podagraire, Herbe aux goutteux, Égopode
- German
- Giersch, Gewöhnlicher Giersch, Schettele, Wiesenholler, Zaungiersch, Ziegenkraut, Zipperleinskraut
- Greek
- Αιγοπόδιο το ποδάγριο
- Hungarian
- Podagrafű, Köszvényfű
- Icelandic
- Geitakál
- Irish
- Lus an easpaig
- Japanese
- イワミツバ
- Kazakh
- Kädimgi snıtʹ, Кәдімгі сныть, كادىمگى سنىت
- kw
- Skaw dor
- Latvian
- Podagras gārsa
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji garšva
- Luxembourgish
- Geessefouss, Giersch, Girsch
- Macedonian
- Обичен седмолист, Обипен седмолист
- nds
- Haonepoot
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skvallerkål
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Skvallerkål
- pcd
- Flanèle
- Persian
- علف پابزی
- Polish
- Podagrycznik pospolity
- Russian
- Сныть обыкновенная, Гранчатая пучка, Свиная пучка, Сорочьи пучки, Суставник
- sco
- Beeshop's weed
- Slovak
- Kozonoha hostcová
- Slovenian
- Navadna regačica
- Spanish
- Yerba de San Gerardo
- stq
- Gäisekool
- Swedish
- Kirskål, Kers, Kärs, Skvallerkål, Svallerkål
- Ukrainian
- Яглиця звичайна
- Walloon
- Pate-d'-åwe, Aw'hê, Awijhea, Pî-d'-gade, Pî-d'-åwe
- Welsh
- Llysiau`r gymalwst
Synonyms
- Aegopodium angelicifolium Salisb.
- Aegopodium podagraria var. podagraria
- Aegopodium podagraria var. prolifera Gaudin
- Aegopodium podagraria var. pubescens Wimm. & Grab.
- Aegopodium podagraria var. variegatum L.H.Bailey
- Aegopodium simplex Lavy
- Aegopodium ternatum Gilib.
- Apium biternatum Stokes
- Apium podagraria (L.) Caruel
- Carum podagraria (L.) Roth
- Ligusticum podagraria Crantz
- Pimpinella angelicifolia Lam.
- Podagraria aegopodium Moench
- Podagraria erratica Bubani
- Selinum podagraria E.H.L.Krause
- Seseli aegopodium Scop.
- Sison podagraria Spreng.
- Sium podagraria Wigg.
- Sium vulgare Bernh.
- Tragoselinum angelica Lam.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 1,816 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Nikita Gerasin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radosław Puchałka, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ape, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AfroBrazilian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S Boisvert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: VerboseDreamer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.