Ground Elder coming into flower
It's pretty in flower, (if it's not in your garden), otherwise, it's described as 'a terrifyingly persistent' weed.
I remember some years back learning, and rather liking, its botanical name:
Aegopodium podagraria
Looking for good points.... the leaf stem has an interesting triangular profile. I've never eaten it, but the new, young leaves are supposed to taste like a cross between spinach and parsley, which sounds not unpleasant.
Older leaves are bitter and have a laxative effect.
In the Middle Ages it was treated like a herb and was also used as a poultice to treat gout.
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