Angelica lucida L.
 
FamilyUmbelliferae — APG family: Apiaceae
SynonymsCoelopleurum lucidum (L.) Fern., Pleurospermum gmelinii (DC.) Bong., Archangelica gmelinii DC.
DescriptionPlant stout, up to more than 1 meter tall; leaves glabrous or essentially so, 2—3- ternate; leaflets ovate to deltoid, acute, 1rregularly serrate; petioles 1nflated in- florescence scabrous-puberulent; “umbel with 20-40 rays; flowers greemsh-whlte ribs of fruit all similar, narrowly winged.
EcologyMeadows, thickets, r1verbanks common along the coasts. Described from Canada.
UsesStem and petioles are eaten by the natives, and called “wild celery.” In Siberia the root was at one time carried as an amulet to ward off polar bears. The Siberian Eskimo inhale the fumes of the roasted root as a seasick remedy.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.