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Ligusticum canadense (Linnaeus) Britton. Common name: Nondo, Angelico, American Lovage. Phenology: Jun-Jul; Aug-Sep. Habitat: Moist to dryish, nutrient-rich forests and woodlands. Distribution: S. PA south to c. GA, AL, and Panhandle FL; also in s. MO and n. AR, centered in the Southern and Central Appalachians and the Ozarks-Ouachitas, but extending considerably into adjacent provinces, and even slightly into the Coastal Plain.

ID notes: A distinctive vegetative character is the straightish and toothless basal portion of each leaflet.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl7, FNA13, G, K4, MC, Mo2, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV; Ferula canadensis Linnaeus. Basionym: Ferula canadensis L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Ligusticum canadense - FNA13

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Tall, celery-scented perennial from a large taproot, found in moist to dryish, nutrient-rich forests and woodlands.

Stems: Stem stout, green with white-waxy coating.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, to 14 in. long; lower leaves 3 or 4 times ternately compound, but upper leaves less divided or even simple. Leaflets are lance-shaped to oblong, thin-textured and serrate-edged to toothed.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in compound terminal umbels, the umbellets with about 15 flowers each. Flowers ¼ in. wide, composed of 5 tiny white petals.

Fruits: Fruit a joined pair of flattened, oval seeds.

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Height: 2-6 ft.

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description: Tall, celery-scented perennial from a large taproot, found in moist to dryish, nutrient-rich forests and woodlands.

stems: Stem stout, green with white-waxy coating.

leaves: Leaves alternate, to 14 in. long; lower leaves 3 or 4 times ternately compound, but upper leaves less divided or even simple. Leaflets are lance-shaped to oblong, thin-textured and serrate-edged to toothed.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in compound terminal umbels, the umbellets with about 15 flowers each. Flowers ¼ in. wide, composed of 5 tiny white petals.

fruits: Fruit a joined pair of flattened, oval seeds.

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