Taxonomy: Apiaceae// Genus: Aegopodium// Species: Aegopodium podagraria L.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Tutin (key to genera and Aegopodium L.) in Tutin at al. (1968) and Matevski (key to genera and Aegopodium L.) in Micevski (2005).
Lifeform: Perrenial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia, Central Asia and Türkiye according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Moist habitats – near mountain streams.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL.
Aegopodium podagraria– habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– upper part of plant with umbels. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– upper part of plant with umbels. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– upper part of plant with umbels. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– umbel. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– umbel. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– umbel. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– umbel. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– rays and pedicels. Bracteoles absent. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– rays and pedicels. Bracteoles absent. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– peduncle and rays. Bracts absent. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– peduncle and rays. Bracts absent. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– peduncle and rays. Bracts absent. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– umbel with fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– developing fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– stem and uppermost cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– upper cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– stem and inflated petiole of cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Aegopodium L. Matevski, V. in Micevski, K. (2005). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1568-1569.
Aegopodium L. Tutin, T.G. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 333.
Umbelliferae (key to genera). Matevski, V. in Micevski, K. (2005). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1529 – 1534.
Umbelliferae (key to genera). Tutin, T.G. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 315 – 319.
