Ontario
Weeds: Angelica
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OMAFRA Staff
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| Creation Date: |
01 June
2000
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| Last Reviewed: |
01 November
2003
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Table of Contents
- Name
- Other Names
- Family
- General Description
- Stems and Roots
- Related Links
Name: Angelica, Angelica atropurpurea
L.,
Other Names: angélique, Purple
angelica, angélique noir pourpré
Family: Carrot or Parsley Family (Umbelliferae)
General Description: Similar to Spotted
water-hemlock but usually grows much taller (up to 2.5m, 8½ft).
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Photos and Pictures
Angelica flowers and young seeds in
spherical compound umbels.
Angelica. E. Part of stem with the lower portion of large
compound leaf.
Angelica. F. Detail of a single leaflet with veins going
to tips of teeth.
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Stems & Roots: With thicker purplish
stems (up to 5cm, 2in. in diameter) lengthwise ridged and smooth or
pebbled, has larger 2 to 3 times compound leaves with broader leaflets
(often 2-5cm, 4/5-2in. wide). And much larger, coarser, compound umbels
which are spherical and often up to 30cm (12in.) in diameter. It may
have alternate partitions and chambers in the base of the stem and a
yellowish oily secretion on cut surfaces like Spotted water-hemlock,
but usually does not have thickened or tuberous roots like those that
are characteristic of Spotted water-hemlock. The veins in leaflets of
Angelica go to the tips of the teeth on the margins rather than to the
notches between the teeth as in Spotted water-hemlock.
Related Links
... on general Weed
topics
... on weed identification, order OMAFRA Publication 505: Ontario Weeds
... on weed control, order OMAFRA Publication 75: Guide To Weed Control
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