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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Angelica venenosa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Angelica venenosa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A systematic study of North American Angelica species (Apiaceae)... (Liao et al., 2021)
Angelica venenosa ssp. venenosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Angelica venenosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Angelica venenosa
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, 1938)
Angelica villosa
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Angelica, Downy Angelica, Deadly Angelica, Woodland Angelica
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JK Marlow jkm080329_016
March Pickens County SC
Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area
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JK Marlow jkm200409_3556
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm060528_024
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Stem leaves dark green, thick, and compound. Leaflet margins toothed, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
COMPARE
leaves of American Lovage, Hairy Angelica and Water Hemlock
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JK Marlow jkm170527_065
May McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm250514_0318
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm250514_0319
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170624_317
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170624_326
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170624_327
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170624_329
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170624_334
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170624_342
June Pickens County SC
The slender stem is densely fine-hairy above and in the inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm170624_344
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170624_348
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170624_351
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180623_2985
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1593
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230623_4139
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230623_4139b
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm060704_019
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm060704_031
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
The umbels are compound, with 16-25 spreading rays 2-5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s060704_a
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Upper petioles conspicuously expanded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0508h_03
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
The downy fruit has 2 lateral wings, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210818_2818
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Plant usually slender, 5-10dm tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0509e_20
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
The species name "venenosa" means very poisonous, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3327
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm131002_800b
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm131002_804
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Fruit hispid, strongly flattened dorsally, ribbed, the lateral ribs winged, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Angelica venenosa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Angelica venenosa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A systematic study of North American Angelica species (Apiaceae)... (Liao et al., 2021)
Angelica venenosa ssp. venenosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Angelica venenosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Angelica venenosa
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, 1938)
Angelica villosa
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, woodland borders, longleaf pine sandhills, hammocks, prairies, oak savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
2-pinnately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/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 (Nelson, 2006) p110
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p149
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p180
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p156
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p224
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p146
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p060
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p030
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p173
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p210
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p116
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p051
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