# ID this weed **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 23, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905 "2021-06-23T18:05:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905/1 "2021-06-23T18:05:13Z")
These weeds grow all over the place in NW Washington. The flowers in the first image are hard to see. Sorry everything blends in. [![](https://i.imgur.com/VN84TT6.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/VN84TT6.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/KPPtgc7.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/KPPtgc7.jpg) What are they? At first I thought they were Queen Anne’s lace or poison hemlock, but the leaves don’t match. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905/2 "2021-06-23T18:30:29Z")
Look up gout weed/ bishops weed. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905/3 "2021-06-23T18:33:48Z")
That looks like it. Thanks. > **[Aegopodium podagraria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegopodium_podagraria)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Aegopodium podagraria, commonly called ground elder, is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae that grows in shady places. The name "ground elder" comes from the superficial similarity of its leaves and flowers to those of elder (Sambucus), which is not closely related. Other common names include herb gerard, bishop's weed, goutweed, gout wort, snow-in-the-mountain, English masterwort and wild masterwort. It is the type speci... ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905/4 "2021-06-23T19:10:12Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905/5 "2021-06-23T20:06:48Z")
Can somebody recommend a (free) phone app to identify plants? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905/6 "2021-06-23T20:13:47Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905/7 "2021-06-23T20:22:31Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905/8 "2021-06-24T14:57:58Z")
Is that the same thing as snow on the mountain? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905/9 "2021-06-24T15:44:36Z")
Per the link, yes. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905/10 "2021-06-24T17:08:50Z")
Maybe it looks ugly from another angle, but that’s not a bad looking plant to me. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905/11 "2021-06-24T17:12:03Z")
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. > **[Euphorbia marginata (Snow On The Mountain)](https://www.gardenia.net/plant/euphorbia-marginata)** > > Valued as much for its dramatically variegated foliage as for its long-lasting flowers, Euphorbia marginata (Snow On The Mountain) is a single-stemmed annual adorned with oval light green leaves, the upper leaves being striped or margined white, and...