Angelica Angelica

Angelica - Definition and Overview

Angelica
Garden Angelica
Garden Angelica (Angelica archangelica)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Apiales
Family:Apiaceae
Genus:Angelica
Species

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Angelica is a genus of the Umbilliferous family Apiaceae, with about 50 species of tall perennial herbs 1-2 m tall with large bipinnate leaves and large compound umbels of white or greenish-white flowers. Some members are grown as a flavoring agent and for their medicinal properties. The most notable of these is Garden Angelica (Angelica archangelica) which is commonly known just as Angelica.

Sea watch or Seacoast Angelica, Angelica lucida, has been eaten as a sort of "wild celery".

Species

  • Angelica ampla : Giant Angelica
  • Angelica archangelica : Garden Angelica, Archangel, Angelique
  • Angelica arguta : Lyall's Angelica
  • Angelica atropurpurea : Purplestem Angelica, Alexanders, Alisanders
  • Angelica breweri : Brewer's Angelica
  • Angelica californica : California Angelica
  • Angelica callii : Call's Angelica
  • Angelica canbyi : Canby's Angelica
  • Angelica dawsonii : Dawson's Angelica
  • Angelica dentata : Coastalplain Angelica
  • Angelica genuflexa : Kneeling Angelica
  • Angelica gigas
  • Angelica grayi : Gray's Angelica
  • Angelica hendersonii : Henderson's Angelica
  • Angelica kingii : King's Angelica
  • Angelica lineariloba : Poison Angelica
  • Angelica lucida : Seacoast Angelica
Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris)
from Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
  • Angelica pachyacarpa
  • Angelica palustris
  • Angelica pinnata : Small-leaf Angelica
  • Angelica roseana : Rose Angelica
  • Angelica scabrida : Charleston Mountain Angelica
  • Angelica sylvestris : Wild Angelica
  • Angelica tomentosa : Woolly Angelica
  • Angelica triquinata : Filmy Angelica
  • Angelica venosa : Hairy Angelica
  • Angelica wheeleri : Utah Angelica


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