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Fam: Umbelliferae Juss. (Apiaceae) 
Genus: Angelica L. 
English Name: No thesaurus entry found for 'angelica'

Description:

Biennial to perennial herbaceous plants. The rhizome vertically, hollow, with transverse bulkheads or tight, vertical or inclined, cylindrical, spindle. Stem in the top with wax, scattered, densely fibrous, or with cartilaginous hairs or bare naked to the complex shades. The leaves are large, triple squirrel-shaped, the extremities are broadly ovate, lance, lance linear, sharp unevenly jagged or whole-bodied, in the veins with different densely cartilage spines or top short fibrous. The complex canopy of the thyroid or spherical, with a cover of 1 - 3 or without envelopes, the sun shades with bracts. The calyx is missing or the leaflets of the calyx triangular, scaly, ovate. Petals 5, white, pink, greenish, yellowish, ovate with a short claw, curved inward. Fruits, flattened, with 5 almost parallel major ribs, side winged, testicles or cork-thickened. The stylopodium is dome-shaped or irregular.

Economic importance. All parts of the plant rich in essential oils with a high content of vitamin B. The roots and rhizomes are used to flavor tobacco, confectionery, formal and folk medicine.

Table for determining the species 1   The complex canopy is spherical. Merikarpies with cork thickets. Ribs ................................................................................  3. - A. archangelica L. 1* The complex canopy thyroid. Mercury with tiny wings on the side ribs ................................................................................................................... 2 2    Leaf vagina are strongly swollen. Bracts 8 - 12 in number ...................................................................................................... 2. - A. pancicii Vand. 2* Leaf vagina slightly swollen. Bristles 6 - 8 in number .................................................................................................................. 1. - A. sylvestris L. ¹ Developed by D. Peev From „Флора на НР България”, том VIII, БАН, София, (1982)

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Angelica is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far north as Iceland and Lapland and Greenland.[1] They grow to 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in–9 ft 10 in) tall, with large bipinnate leaves and large compound umbels of white or greenish-white flowers.
Some species can be found in purple moor and rush pastures.

Characteristics

Angelica species grow to 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in–9 ft 10 in) tall, with large bipinnate leaves and large compound umbels of white or greenish-white flowers. Their large, sparkling, starburst flowers[2] are pollinated by a great variety of insects (the generalist pollination syndrome),[3] the floral scents are species-specific, and even specific to particular subspecies.[4] The active ingredients of angelica are found in the roots and rhizomes[5] and contains furocoumarins in its tissues which make the skin sensitive to light.[6]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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References:„Флора на НР България”, том VIII, БАН, София, (1982), Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Distribution in Bulgaria: (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.
Distribution:

SPECIES:

Angelica archangelica L. - Garden angelica, Wild celery, Norwegian angelica

Angelica pancicii Vand. - x   x   x

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