Angelica archangelica, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 357

3. A. archangelica L. , Sp. Pl. 250 (1753)

( Archangelica officinalis Hoffm. ).

Like 2 but stems less often tinged with purple; leaflobes more irregular in outline and more jaggedly cut, often distinctly decurrent on the rhachis; terminal lobe usually 3-lobed; petals greenish-white to cream; fruit with rather thick, corky wings. Damp places. N. & E. Europe, westwards to the Netherlands and Iceland and southwards to C. Ukraine; often cultivated elsewhere for its aromatic petioles, used in confectionery and for a liqueur; frequently naturalized. Cz Da Fa Fe Ge Ho Is No Rs (N, B, C, W, E) Su [Au Be Br Bu Ga He Hu It Ju Rm].