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Angelica genuflexa Nutt.

Kneeling angelica (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Angelica

Characteristics

Herbs 0.5–2 m high. Rhizome vertical, 1–1.5 cm thick. Petioles 3–8 cm, sheaths inflated; blade ovate to triangular, 10–40 cm, 1–2-ternate-pinnate, rachis and petiolules often geniculate; leaflets subsessile, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 5–13 × 1–6 cm, margin coarsely mucronulate-serrate, apex acuminate, hispidulous. Peduncles 20–30 cm, hispidulous; bracts absent; rays 20–40, 5–8 cm, unequal; bracteoles many, linear, 11–20 mm, hispidulous; pedicels 5–15 mm. Petals white, ovate, puberulent. Ovary hispidulous. Fruit suborbicular, 4–8 × 3.6–6 mm, pubescent or glabrous; dorsal ribs acute-prominent, lateral ribs broad-winged; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.
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A robust herb. It keeps growing from year to year and is 2.5 m tall. The leaf stalk is 3-8 cm long. The leaves are oval or triangle shaped and 10-40 cm long. They are divided one or two times into leaflets. The leaflets are 5-13 cm long by 1-6 cm wide. The main leaf axis is bent and the leaflets are bent back. The flowers are white and in flat topped heads.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system rhizome
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in moist stream banks and open forests. In north China it grows between 200-300 m above sea level.
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Moist places. Forests; at elevations from 200-300 metres in northern China.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses incense material medicinal
Edible leaves seeds stems
Therapeutic use Cathartic (root), Analgesic (root), Eye Medicine (root)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Angelica genuflexa unspecified picture

Distribution

Angelica genuflexa world distribution map, present in Canada, China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Russian Federation, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:837628-1
WFO ID wfo-0000536196
COL ID DYTS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Angelica caudata Angelica genuflexa Angelica refracta Angelica yabeana Angelica reflexa Angelica genuflexa subsp. refracea Angelica refracta var. multinervis Angelica refracta var. yabeana Angelica genuflexa subsp. genuflexa Angelica genuflexa subsp. refracta
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