Scientific name:

Angelica archangelica

Vernacular name:

Angelica, Garden

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Garden Angelica

Scientific name: Angelica archangelica L.

Diagnostic features
Stems erect, to 2m, usually green.
Leaflets narrowly ovate, acute to acuminate, coarsely but sharply serrate.
Peduncles glabrous.
Rays minutely pubescent.
Petals greenish-white.
Fruits 5-6mm.

Chromosome number: (2n=22).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; on river-banks and waste places, now cultivated less than formerly.

Distribution
Scattered in Britain, ± frequent in London area; North & East Europe.

This species is keyed out on Page 977 in the Text Key.

Angelica archangelica L.

Garden Angelica (English)
Angelica, Garden [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 archangelica 2 (Flowering habit, picture taken in cultivation by C. Gibson)
Angelica archangelica 3 (Flowering habit, picture taken in the Netherlands by K. Ybema)
Angelica archangelica 4 (Flowering, picture taken in cultivation by J. Mason)
Angelica archangelica a (Habit and fruit details, drawing by A. Davies in Tutin, 1980; BSBI Handbook 2.)

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