not goutweed!

Happy update! When I finished the front bed on the west side--it's one of the two beds at the front & north side of the house--the bed to the west--does that make any sense at all??Anyway, I was afraid that with the lily-of-the-valley, I would be digging out goutweed. But no. Aren't you glad, just tickled, to hear that it's not goutweed? It appears to be Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum), which grows in the moister parts of the woods and clearings. While it is a perennial, the roots were a simple thing when compared to the dreaded goutweed.