Taxonomy: Apiaceae// Genus: Aegopodium// Species: Aegopodium podagraria L.
Determined according to the botanical keys (key to genera and Aegopodium L.) provided by Tutin in Tutin at al. (1968) and Matevski 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 – along streams and rivers, as part of the hydrophilous (tall herb fringe) communities. Recorded from the lowland up to c. 1500 m altitude.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL.
Locality: Ponikva.
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.
Locality: gorge of “Kochanska” River.
Aegopodium podagraria– habit. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– inflorescence – umbel. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– inflorescence – umbel. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– peduncle and rays. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– fruiting umbel. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– developing fruits. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– upper cauline leaves. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– middle cauline leaves. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– lower cauline leaves. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– basal leaves. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– basal leaves. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– basal leaves. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Aegopodium podagraria– abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Matevski, V. (2005) ‘Aegopodium L.’, in Micevski, K. (ed.) The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1568-1569.
Matevski, V. (2005) ‘Umbelliferae (key to genera)’ in Micevski, K. (ed.). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1529 – 1534.
Tutin, T. G. (1968) ‘Aegopodium L.’ in Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.) Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 333.
Tutin, T. G. (1968) ‘Umbelliferae (key to genera)’ in Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M., & Webb, D. A. (eds). Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 315 – 319.
