Purple Angelica

Angelica atropurpurea

Apiaceae

Growth Habit

Herbaceous

Description

Biennial to 6' in height with dark purple stems; leaves biternate to triternate, the divisions pinnate,leaflets ovate, serrate, flowers white, in umbels to 10" across.

Source of plant

Cornell Botanic Gardens

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

medicinal/pharmaceutical, other ethnobotanical uses