Angelica venenosa (J. Greenway) Fernald. clade: North American Angelica clade I. Common name: Hairy Angelica, Deadly Angelica, Woodland Angelica. Phenology: May-Aug; Jul-Sep. Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, woodland borders, longleaf pine sandhills, hammocks, prairies, oak savannas. Distribution: MA west to MN, south to Panhandle FL, MS, and AR.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Populations of this species in dry sandhill communities in the Fall Line Sandhills of NC and SC have a number of peculiar features: basal leaves often borne appressed against the ground, small leaflets, coarse and more equilateral toothing of the leaflets. These populations may be worthy of taxonomic recognition; they need further study.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, Fl7, FNA13, G, Il, K4, MC, Mi, Mo2, NE, NY, Ok, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3; = Angelica hirsuta Muhl., illegitimate; = Angelica venenosa (J.Greenway) Fernald ssp. venenosa — Liao et al (2021); = Angelica villosa (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. — S, S13, illegitimate; Cicuta venenosa J. Greenway. Basionym: Cicuta venenosa J.Greenway 1793
Links to other floras: = Angelica venenosa - FNA13
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial found in dry forests and woodlands, woodland borders, longleaf pine sandhills, hammocks and prairies.
Stems: Stems unbranched and finely hairy, especially above.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, on broadly sheathing petioles, divided into many elliptic, somewhat leathery, toothed and finely hairy leaflets; leaves reduced upward.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in large, compound terminal umbel (to 5 in. wide) and umbels from upper leaf axils, the umbellets domed and on slender, hairy stalks; flowers greenish-white, consisting of 5 white petals and 5 long, white stamens.
Fruits: Fruit a green, flattened, winged seed.
Comments: "Venenosa" in the name refers to the highly toxic roots of this plant.
Height: 2-6 ft.
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description: Erect perennial found in dry forests and woodlands, woodland borders, longleaf pine sandhills, hammocks and prairies.
stems: Stems unbranched and finely hairy, especially above.
leaves: Leaves alternate, on broadly sheathing petioles, divided into many elliptic, somewhat leathery, toothed and finely hairy leaflets; leaves reduced upward.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in large, compound terminal umbel (to 5 in. wide) and umbels from upper leaf axils, the umbellets domed and on slender, hairy stalks; flowers greenish-white, consisting of 5 white petals and 5 long, white stamens.
fruits: Fruit a green, flattened, winged seed.
comments: "Venenosa" in the name refers to the highly toxic roots of this plant.
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