Wild angelica

Short Description

The wild angelica can grow up to two metres high.

The dark green leaves are up to 60 centimetres long. At the base of each leaf the leaf sheath, which encloses the shoot axis, is strongly bulbous. The leaves are divided two to three times into smaller leaves. The leaflets are broadly ovate and have a serrated edge.

The stem grows upright. It is round and hollow inside. It is dark green or brown and often whitish.

The individual, small flowers have five pink or white petals. They grow together in a large double umbel. Each side branch ends in an umbrella-like branch (umbel), which in turn ends in a smaller umbel.

The fruits are flat, oval schizocarps. They have wing-shaped edges.

In the city

It occurs on wet and nutrient-rich soils and therefore prefers to grow in damp forests, on banks or in wet meadows. It does not tolerate urban conditions well and is therefore mostly restricted to clearings in the forest, roadsides and banks. It prefers semi-shady locations.