Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria)

Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer. Form: Prostrate, Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavour, the majority of people we give it to do not like it although some reports say that it makes a delicious vegetable. — Leaves - raw or cooked.; An unusual tangy flavour, the majority of people we give it to do not like it although some reports say that it makes a delicious vegetable.; The leaves are best harvested before the plant comes into flower, they can be used in salads, soups, or cooked as a vegetable.

Habitat & North American Range

Hedgerows and cultivated land. A common garden weed. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)