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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Angelica atropurpurea   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Angelica atropurpurea   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Angelica atropurpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-32-003:

Angelica atropurpurea   FAMILY Apiaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Purple Angelica

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image of Angelica atropurpurea, Purple Angelica

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_047

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Angelica atropurpurea   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Angelica atropurpurea   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Angelica atropurpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-32-003:
 Angelica atropurpurea   FAMILY Apiaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3298

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Riverbanks, streambanks, moist roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina?

Rare

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LEAVES:
2-pinnately compound
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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