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Angelica archangelica (Norwegian angelica)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Angelica archangelica, commonly known as garden angelica, wild celery, and Norwegian angelica, is a biennial plant from the Apiaceae family, a subspecies of which is cultivated for its sweetly scented edible stems and roots. Like several other species in Apiaceae, its appearance is similar to several poisonous species (Conium, Heracleum, and others), and should not be consumed unless it has been identified with absolute certainty. Synonyms include Archangelica officinalis Hoffm., and Archangelica officinalis var. himalaica C.B.Clarke.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  All members of this genus contain furocoumarins, which increase skin sensitivity to sunlight and may cause dermatitis;
Lifespan [2]  Biennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Scent [2]  The plants have a pervading aromatic odour. An essential oil from the seeds has a musk-like smell.
Structure [4]  Herb
Usage [2]  An essential oil from the root and seeds is used in perfumery, medicinally and as a food flavouring; The oil from the seeds has a musk-like aroma and is often used to flavour liqueurs; The dried root contains 0.35% essential oil, the seed about 1.3%; Yields of the essential oil vary according to location, plants growing at higher altitudes have higher yields with a better aroma;
Height [2]  4.92 feet (1.5 m)
Width [2]  30 inches (0.75 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Fertility [3]  Very Rich
Soil Moisture [3]  Wet
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Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Erysiphe heraclei[6]

Citations

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
3Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0