Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : aeopo
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Umbelliferae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: ground-elder (GB), bishop's boatweed (U.S.A.)
Synonym(s) of Common name:goatweed, bishop's weed
Name per country: DE : Giersch ; ES : aegopodio ; FR : égopode podagraire ; IT : girardina silvestre ; EN : ground-elder (GB), EN : bishop's boatweed (U.S.A.) ;
Biological type: Perennial
- Cotyledons lanceolate, about 20 mm long, long petiole.
- Foliage leaves : the first ones roundish, deeply notched; the following leaves pinnate, ends serrate.
- Height 30-100 cm; long rhizomes.
- Stem upright, branched, glabrous, hollow, angularly grooved.
- Foliage leaves: lower leaves trifid lobed, stem leaves usually bipinnate ; segments oblong ovate, sharply serrate; terminal segments large; uppermost stem leaves trifid with oblong pointed segments.
- Flowers small (about 3 mm), white; in large multiflorous, terminal umbels.
- Fruit : schizocarp ovate, dispermous, light- to dark brown, 3-5 mm long, caraway-like.
- Biological type: perennial
- Spread: rarely on fields in Great-Britain (only in moist locations), common in gardens and orchards.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
