Ground Elder (Skvalderkål)
Aegopodium podagraria
About Ground Elder (Skvalderkål)
Ground Elder (Skvalderkål) (Aegopodium podagraria) is a herb used in the Scandinavian Folk Medicine tradition to help with Gout, Arthritis, Wound Healing, and Digestive Issues, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Aegopodium podagraria L. commonly called ground elder, herb gerard, bishop's weed, goutweed, gout wort, and snow-in-the-mountain, and sometimes called English masterwort, and wild masterwort, is a perennial 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 unrelated. It is the type species of the genus Aegopodium. This species is native to Eurasia, and...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist