Aegopodium podagraria Linnaeus 1753 (Family Apiaceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Height: 30-80cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - August (Earliest: 22.5)

Habitat:
Hedge Rows

Around Buildings
Pollination:
Andrena strohmella

Several Ichneumonidae

Tenthredo campestris

Tenthredo mesomela

Euclidia glyphica

Anthophila fabriciana

Atolmis rubricollis

Cheilosia illustrata

Rhingia campestris

Chloromyia formosa

Hybomitra micans

Empis tessellata

Paracorymbia maculicornis

Rhagonycha fulva
Parasites:
Plasmopara nivea

Mycosphaerella podagrariae

Phyllosticta aegopodii

Phytomyza angelicastri
Herbivores:
Tenthredo campestris Larva
Sapivores:
Cercopis vulnerata

Aleyrodes lonicerae

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Ground Elder


Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2008 J.K. Lindsey

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