Angelica gigas

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Angelica gigas

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Angelica
Species: A. gigas
Binomial name
Angelica gigas
Nakai

Angelica gigas is a monocarpic biennial or short lived perennial plant from China, Japan and Korea. It inhabits forests, grasslands and stream sides. The roots are used in traditional Chinese medicine.

[edit] Description

Plant 1–2 m, stout with deep thick roots. Stem purplish, ribbed. Leafblade triangular-ovate in outline, 20–40 × 20–30 cm, 2–3-ternate-pinnate. Umbel purple, 5–8 cm across. Flowers dark purple-red, obovate. Flowering in late summer.

[edit] Cultivation

For moist garden soil in full sun or semishade. Best propagated with seeds in the spring. Flowering the second season and usually dies after flowering.

Flowers
Flowers

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