{"id":29254,"date":"2021-11-30T15:38:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T15:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/?p=29254"},"modified":"2021-11-30T15:38:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T15:38:36","slug":"ground-elder-plant-aegopodium-podagraria-identification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/11\/30\/ground-elder-plant-aegopodium-podagraria-identification\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground Elder plant (Aegopodium podagraria) Identification"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ground Elder \/ Spirng \/ Summer \/ Edible<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-29254 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/11\/30\/ground-elder-plant-aegopodium-podagraria-identification\/ground-elder-full-plant-in-flower\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-full-plant-in-flower-199x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-full-plant-in-flower-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-full-plant-in-flower-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-full-plant-in-flower.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30162'>\n\t\t\t\tLazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/11\/30\/ground-elder-plant-aegopodium-podagraria-identification\/ground-elder-seeds\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-seeds-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-seeds-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-seeds-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-seeds-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-seeds-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-seeds.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30161'>\n\t\t\t\tKrzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/11\/30\/ground-elder-plant-aegopodium-podagraria-identification\/ground-elder-flowers\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-flowers-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-flowers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-flowers-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-flowers-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-flowers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-flowers.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30159'>\n\t\t\t\tKrzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/11\/30\/ground-elder-plant-aegopodium-podagraria-identification\/ground-elder-leaf-on-stem\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-on-stem-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-on-stem-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-on-stem-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-on-stem-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-on-stem-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-on-stem.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30158'>\n\t\t\t\tKrzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/11\/30\/ground-elder-plant-aegopodium-podagraria-identification\/ground-elder-leaf-from-top\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-from-top-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-from-top-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-from-top-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-from-top-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-from-top.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30157'>\n\t\t\t\tMichel Langeveld, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/11\/30\/ground-elder-plant-aegopodium-podagraria-identification\/ground-elder-shoots-on-mass\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-169x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-scaled-900x1600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>How to Identify the Ground Elder plant<\/h2>\n<h2>Scientific Name:<\/h2>\n<p>Aegopodium podagraria<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Family:<\/h2>\n<p>Apiaceae<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Also known as:<\/h2>\n<p>Gout weed, Bishops weed, Herb Gerard<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Habitat:<\/h2>\n<p>Woodland edges, parks, gardens<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Description:<\/h2>\n<p>Non-native, flowering, herbaceous perennial<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Identifying Features for Ground Elder:<\/h2>\n<h2>Leaves:<\/h2>\n<p>Light green, toothed, ovate leaves usually in groups of five, shiny when young becoming darker with age with a matt finish.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30157\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30157\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-from-top-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-from-top-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-from-top-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-from-top-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-leaf-from-top.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michel Langeveld, CC BY-SA 4.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Flowers:<\/h2>\n<p>An umbel of tiny white flowers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30159\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30159\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-flowers-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-flowers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-flowers-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-flowers-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-flowers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ground-elder-flowers.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Stem:<\/h2>\n<p>A short, hollow stem with a u-shaped groove<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24255\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-scaled-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-scaled-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-scaled-1-450x450.png 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-scaled-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-scaled-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ground-Elder-Shoots-on-mass-scaled-1.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Food:<\/h2>\n<p>Use the leaves as an alternative to parsley<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Medicine:<\/h2>\n<p>The leaves were traditionally used as a poultice for gout.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Known hazards:<\/h2>\n<p>None known.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Harvesting:<\/h2>\n<p>Once the plant flowers it becomes a mild laxative and has soporific effects so it is best avoided.<br \/>\nPotential lookalikes: Dogs Mercury, but this has hairy leaves that don\u2019t grow in groups of three. Very young elder can look similar but these have a definite stem which becomes the trunk.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Interesting facts:<\/h2>\n<p>A non-native plant bought to Britain by the Romans, it is aggressively invasive as many gardens will know.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sometimes it absolutely carpets the floor until there is oceans of the stuff, it has many many uses so we should be picking not spraying this stuff \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30163\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/james-picking-elder-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/james-picking-elder-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/james-picking-elder-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/james-picking-elder.jpg 357w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ground Elder \/ Spirng \/ Summer \/ Edible How to Identify the Ground Elder plant Scientific Name: Aegopodium podagraria Family: Apiaceae Also known as: Gout weed, Bishops weed, Herb Gerard Habitat: Woodland edges, parks, gardens Description: Non-native, flowering, herbaceous perennial Identifying Features for Ground Elder: Leaves: Light green, toothed, ovate&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":30159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,86],"tags":[502,503,239,501,104,238],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30152,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29254\/revisions\/30152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}