Angelica breweri A.Gray is a plant in the Apiaceae family, order Apiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Angelica breweri A.Gray

Angelica breweri A.Gray

Angelica breweri, or Brewer's angelica, is a taprooted perennial herb native to the high mountains of eastern California and far western Nevada.

Family
Genus
Angelica
Order
Apiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Angelica breweri A.Gray

Angelica breweri is a species of angelica commonly called Brewer's angelica. It is native to the high mountain ranges of eastern California and far western Nevada, where it grows in coniferous forests. This taprooted perennial herb produces an erect, hollow, hairy stem that reaches 1 to 2 meters in height. Its large leaves are made up of many highly dissected leaflets, with each leaflet growing up to 10 centimeters long. Its inflorescence is a compound umbel, which can have up to 50 long rays that hold clusters of hairy white flowers. A thick webbing is present at the base of each pedicel. The fruit it produces is a pair of ribbed bodies, each containing one seed.

Photo: (c) 2009 Barry Breckling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Apiales Apiaceae Angelica

More from Apiaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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