Henriette's herbal blog: I only started liking this abundant wild green a year or so ago.
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.
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
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
Celeriac nettle soup.
Henriette's herbal blog: a really tasty soup.
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 7.
Young leaf, still half folded up. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2005-05-12. Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 3.
Lush spring growth. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2005-05-12. 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.
Young leaf, still half folded up. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2005-05-12. Photo: Aegopodium podagraria 6.
Young leaf, still half folded up. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2005-05-12. Photo: Angelica sylvestris 8.
Leaves of Angelica sylvestris and Aegopodium podagraria. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 1996-05-01. 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.
Leaf. Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 1992-06-01. 