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Angelica sylvestris
Also called Wild angelica
Woodland angelica is a tall perennial (sometimes short-lived or biennial) of damp woods, meadows and fens, growing up to 2.5 m with purplish stems and white umbels in late summer. It thrives in moist, fertile soil and is best suited to cool, damp sites rather than hot, dry ones.
Angelica sylvestris or wild angelica is a species of flowering plant, native to Europe and central Asia. An annual or short-lived perennial growing to a maximum of 2.5 m (8.2 ft), it has erect purplish stems and rounded umbels of minuscule white or pale pink flowers in late summer.
A. sylvestris is cultivated in gardens. The cultivar 'Ebony', with pink flowers, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
The vegetable was eaten until the 20th century. The plant can be stored. The stem was eaten fresh, and the leaves could be boiled to a stew for storage or cooked with milk. The plant has also been used for dyeing.
The Latin specific epithet sylvestris means "growing in woodland", but it tolerates a range of conditions, including fields, hedgerows, open woods, marshes, and fens. It grows in light (sandy), medium (loamy), and heavy (clay) soils.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Angelica sylvestris 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.
