Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Angelica venenosa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hairy Angelica at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Angelica venenosa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-32-001:
Angelica venenosa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Angelica villosa
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Angelica, Downy Angelica, Deadly Angelica
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March Pickens County SC
Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area
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April Greenville County SC
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May Greenville County SC
Stem leaves dark green, thick, and compound. Leaflet margins toothed, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
COMPARE
leaves of American Lovage, Hairy Angelica and Water Hemlock
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May McCormick County SC
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June Pickens County SC
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June Pickens County SC
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June Pickens County SC
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June Pickens County SC
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June Pickens County SC
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June Pickens County SC
The slender stem is densely fine-hairy above and in the inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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June Pickens County SC
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June Pickens County SC
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June Pickens County SC
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June Greenville County SC
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June Greenville County SC
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July Greenville County SC
Pollinator at work
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July Greenville County SC
The umbels are compound, with 16-25 spreading rays 2-5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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July Greenville County SC
Upper petioles conspicuously expanded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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August Greenville County SC
The downy fruit has 2 lateral wings, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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August Greenville County SC
Plant usually slender, 5-10dm tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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September Greenville County SC
The species name "venenosa" means very poisonous, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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September Greenville County SC
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October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Fruit hispid, strongly flattened dorsally, ribbed, the lateral ribs winged, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Angelica venenosa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Angelica venenosa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-32-001:
Angelica venenosa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Angelica villosa
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain)
Look for it in dry forests and woodlands, woodland borders, longleaf pine sandhills, hammocks, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Dry
LEAVES:
2-pinnately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p110
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p149
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p156
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p224
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p146
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p060
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p173
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p210
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p116
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p051