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Angelica

not marked as a favorite taxon Angelica atropurpurea Linnaeus. Common name: Purple Angelica, Great Angelica. Phenology: May-Jun; Jul-Aug. Habitat: Marshes, fens, sedge meadows, seeps, riverbanks, streambanks, moist roadsides, ditches. Distribution: S. NL (Labrador) west to WI and MN, south to NL (Newfoundland), NS, DE, MD, WV, OH, IN, IL, and ne. IA (and in the mountains to ne. TN and w. NC – the NC occurrences have sometimes been speculated to be naturalized).

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clade: Archangelica clade.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA13, G, Il, K4, MC, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, W; = Archangelica atropurpurea (L.) Hoffm.; > Angelica atropurpurea L. var. atropurpurea — F; > Angelica atropurpurea L. var. occidentalis Fassett — F; > Angelica laurentiana Fernald — F. Basionym: Angelica atropurpurea L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Angelica atropurpurea - FNA13

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image #13 of Angelica atropurpurea© Erin Haase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erin Haase source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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image #16 of Angelica atropurpurea© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
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image #18 of Angelica atropurpurea© Steven Daniel, all rights reserved, uploaded by Steven Daniel source | Original Image ⭷
image #19 of Angelica atropurpurea© Erin Haase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erin Haase source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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