|
Ground Elder
|
|
Taken
at Baron's Haugh on 18th June 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 105 mm macro lens.
|
|
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 29th June 2022 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode. |
|
Taken at Balloch on 12th July 2015 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. |
|
Species:
Order:
Family:
Habit:
AKA: |
Aegopodium podagraria.
Apiales.
Apiaceae.
Perennial.
Herb gerard, Bishop's weed, Goutweed, Snow-in-the-mountain, English masterwort and Wild masterwort.
|
Habitat:
Height:
Flowers:
Feature:
|
Shady areas.
Up to 100 cms.
May - June.
It is used as a food plant by the larvae of some species of
Lepidoptera, including dot moth, grey dagger and grey pug. The tender
leaves have been used in antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages as a
spring leaf vegetable, much as spinach was used.
|
|