Honey bees
Nectar value
Medium
Pollen value
Medium
Pollinator plant
Ground Elder, Bishop's goutweed, Goutweed, Bishop's Weed
Aegopodium podagraria
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Solitary wild bees
Nectar value
Medium
Pollen value
Medium
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Herbaceous, Ground cover
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 0.60 m high × 1.00 m wide
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 4-9
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Shade, Partial shade, Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Leaves
- Edibility
- 3 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 2 out of 5
Leaves can be eaten both raw and cooked. They have an unusual spicy flavor that most people do not enjoy, although some reports claim that it is a delicious vegetable. The leaves are best harvested before the plant flowers and can be used in salads, soups, or cooked as a vegetable.