These weeds grow all over the place in NW Washington. The flowers in the first image are hard to see. Sorry everything blends in.
What are they? At first I thought they were Queen Anne’s lace or poison hemlock, but the leaves don’t match.
Look up gout weed/ bishops weed.
That looks like it. Thanks.
Yes, variegated bishop’s weed. It makes a decent groundcover but spreads like crazy where it’s happy. Best for spots where little else grows well.
Can somebody recommend a (free) phone app to identify plants?
Google Lens usually works for me.
ETA: I just tried it on the first picture and it came back with Aegopodium podagraria, which seems to be right.
Thanks.
Is that the same thing as snow on the mountain?
Per the link, yes.
Maybe it looks ugly from another angle, but that’s not a bad looking plant to me.
The name snow-on-the-mountain is more typically associated with Euphorbia marginata, illustrating the confusion possible when only common names are used for plants.