Ground Elder
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 18th June 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 105 mm macro lens.
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Taken at Strathclyde Park on 29th June 2022 using  Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode. Fact File

Taken at Balloch on 12th July 2015 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File
Ground Elder.
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AKA:
Aegopodium podagraria.
Apiales.
Apiaceae.
Perennial.
Herb gerard, Bishop's weed, Goutweed, Snow-in-the-mountain, English masterwort and Wild masterwort.
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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.