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Kneeling angelica

Angelica genuflexa

Kneeling angelica
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Russian Far East to Korea and N. & C. Japan, Aleutian Is. to NW. California
Climate
temperate

About

Angelica genuflexa is a species of angelica known as kneeling angelica. It is native to northwestern North America from Alaska to northern California, where it grows in moist areas in coniferous forests such as streambanks. This is a taprooted perennial herb producing an erect, hollow stem to heights between 1 and 2 meters. The leaves are up to 80 centimeters long and are made up of many dissected, toothed leaflets, each up to 10 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a compound umbel of up to 50 rays bearing clusters of small flowers.

Other Angelica plants

Acutelobed Angelica · Adjarian Angelica · Norwegian angelica · Lyall's angelica · Purplestem angelica · Brewer's angelica · California angelica · Call's angelica · Button Parsley · Dahurian Angelica · Coastal plain angelica · Angelica edulis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Angelica genuflexa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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