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Angelica capitellata
Also called Ranger Buttons, Ranger's Buttons, Swamp White Heads
Button parsley (Angelica capitellata) is a stout perennial herb of the carrot family, native to moist meadows and creeksides in western North America. It grows best in cool, damp conditions with steady moisture.
Angelica capitellata, synonym Sphenosciadium capitellatum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. When treated as Sphenosciadium capitellatum, it was the only species in the monotypic genus Sphenosciadium. It is known by the common names woollyhead parsnip, ranger's buttons, button parsley, and swamp white heads.
The species is included in Toxic Plants of North America (2001).
The plant is native to western North America from eastern Oregon and central Idaho through Nevada and southern California, reaching into Baja California. It grows in moist habitat types, such as creeksides and meadows.
Acutelobed Angelica · Adjarian Angelica · Norwegian angelica · Lyall's angelica · Purplestem angelica · Brewer's angelica · California angelica · Call's angelica · Dahurian Angelica · Coastal plain angelica · Angelica edulis · Kneeling angelica
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Angelica capitellata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
