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King's angelica

Angelica kingii

King's angelica
Photo: Tracey Slotta, Public domain

King's angelica is a taprooted perennial herb from the arid western United States, especially the Great Basin, growing as a tall, hollow-stemmed plant. It is a wild species, and gardeners grow it mainly as a native plant for dry, open sites.

Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry between waterings once established.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or loamy soil.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; tolerates hot, dry summers. Protect seedlings from heavy frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Idaho (Owyhee Co.) to SW. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Angelica kingii is a species of angelica known as King's angelica. It is native to the western United States, especially the Great Basin region. This is a taprooted perennial herb varying in shape and size. It produces an erect, hollow stem to heights between 30 centimeters and two meters. The large leaves are composed of many lance-shaped leaflets each up to 12 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is a compound umbel with up to 14 long rays each holding clusters of small hairy flowers. The fruit is a pair of bodies about half a centimeter long each containing a seed.

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 kingii 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.

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