Scientific name:

Angelica sylvestris

Vernacular name:

Angelica, Wild

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Wild Angelica

Scientific name: Angelica sylvestris L.

Diagnostic features
Stems erect, to 2.5m, often much less, usually somewhat purplish.
Leaflets ovate, abruptly acute, closely and finely serrate.
Peduncles and rays minutely pubescent.
Petals white to pinkish-white.
Fruits 4-5mm.

Chromosome number: 2n=22.

Habitat
Native; damp grassy places, fens, marshes, by streams, ditches and ponds, in damp open woods.

Distribution
Common throughout British Isles.

This species is keyed out on Page 976: Angelica in the Text Key.

Angelica sylvestris L.

Wild Angelica (English)
Angelica, Wild [English]

Tutin, T.G. 1980. Umbellifers of the British Isles. BSBI Handbook No. 2. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London. Illustrated by Ann Davies.

Angelica sylvestris 2 (Flowering habit, picture taken in E Suffolk by C.A. Stace)
Angelica sylvestris 3 (Flowering habit, picture taken in the Netherlands by G. van der Voet)
Angelica sylvestris a (Habit and fruit details, drawing by A. Davies in Tutin, 1980; BSBI Handbook 2.)

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