Angelica
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Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris) | |
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Genus: | Angelica |
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About 50 species; see text |
Angelica is a genus of about 50 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far North as Iceland and Lapland. They grow to 1-3 m tall, with large bipinnate leaves and large compound umbels of white or greenish-white flowers.
Species
[change | change source]Some species can be found in Purple Moor and Rush Pastures.
- Angelica ampla - Giant Angelica
- Angelica archangelica - Garden Angelica, Archangel, Angelique
- Angelica arguta - Lyall's Angelica
- Angelica atropurpurea - Purplestem Angelica, Alexanders
- Angelica breweri - Brewer's Angelica
- Angelica californica - California Angelica
- Angelica callii - Call's Angelica
- Angelica canbyi - Canby's Angelica
- Angelica cartilaginomarginata
- Angelica dahurica - bai zhi in Chinese
- Angelica dawsonii - Dawson's Angelica
- Angelica dentata - Coastalplain Angelica
- Angelica genuflexa - Kneeling Angelica
- Angelica gigas - Cham dangwi in Korean
- Angelica glabra - synonym for Angelica dahurica[1]
- Angelica grayi - Gray's Angelica
- Angelica hendersonii - Henderson's Angelica
- Angelica keiskei -- Ashitaba in Japanese
- Angelica kingii - King's Angelica
- Angelica lineariloba - Poison Angelica
- Angelica lucida - Seacoast Angelica
- Angelica pachyacarpa
- Angelica palustris
- Angelica pinnata - Small-leaf Angelica
- Angelica pubescens
- Angelica roseana - Rose Angelica
- Angelica sinensis - Dong quai
- Angelica scabrida - Charleston Mountain Angelica
- Angelica sylvestris - Wild Angelica
- Angelica tomentosa - Woolly Angelica
- Angelica triquinata - Filmy Angelica
- Angelica venenosa - Hairy Angelica
- Angelica wheeleri - Utah Angelica
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Pimenov, M.G. and M.V. Leonov. "The Asian Umbelliferae Biodiversity Database (ASIUM) with Particular Reference to South-West Asian Taxa." Turkish Journal of Botany Vol 28 (2004) pp139-145. online at the TJB Website Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed 5 July 2006.
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