Angelica L.

80. Angelica L. View in CoL 1

(Inch Archangelica N. M. Wolf , Ostericum Hoffm. )

Leaves 2- to 3-pinnate or -ternate; lobes broad. Calyx-teeth usually inconspicuous, but sometimes well developed. Petals white, pinkish, greenish or rarely yellowish, lanceolate; apex more or less incurved. Fruit ovate or oblong, strongly compressed dorsally. Lateral ridges forming wide wings which are not closely appressed at the margins, and are frequently more or less undulate; dorsal ridges usually well developed; vittae variable in number.

1 Calyx-teeth broadly ovate, whitish and well-developed 1. palustris 1 Calyx-teeth minute or 0 2 Petals yellowish 6. laevis 2 Petals white, greenish or pinkish 3 Leaf-lobes (especially the terminal ones) usually strongly decurrent on the rhachis 4 Fruit with thick, corky wings 3. archangelica 4 Fruit with ± membranous wings 5 Wings of fruit distinctly wider than the mericarps 2. sylvestris 5 Wings of fruit not wider than the mericarps 5. razulii 3 Leaf-lobes not or only slightly decurrent on the rhachis 6 Fruit with thick, corky wings; fleshy maritime plant 8. pachycarpa 6 Fruit with ± thin, membranous wings 7 Wings of fruit distinctly wider than the mericarps 2. sylvestris 7 Wings of fruit usually narrower than or about as wide as the mericarps 8 Rays puberulent 4. heterocarpa 8 Rays glabrous 7. angelicastrum