Angelica lucida

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Angelica lucida is a species of angelica known by the common names seacoast angelica and sea-watch. It is also one of many species in the celery family which are casually called wild celery.[2]

Angelica lucida
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Angelica
Species:
A. lucida
Binomial name
Angelica lucida
Synonyms[1]
  • Archangelica gmelinii DC.
  • Caucalis lucida (L.) Lag.
  • Coelopleurum actaeifolium (Michx.) J.M. Coult. & Rose
  • Coelopleurum gmelinii (DC.) Ledeb.
  • Coelopleurum lucidum (L.) Fernald
  • Imperatoria lucida (L.) Spreng.
  • Ligusticum actaeifolium Michx.

As its common names suggest, this plant is found most often along the coastline. Its distribution includes the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic coasts of North America,[3][4][5][6] and the Russian Far East.[7] The species can occur far inland in Arctic climates such as Alaska.[8]

Angelica lucida is considered an endangered species in some of the Northeastern United States.

Angelica lucida is generally similar in appearance to other angelicas, with tall, dense umbels of yellowish-white flowers.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos, Angelica lucida L.
  2. ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Angelica lucida L., seacoast angelica, wild celery
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  4. ^ Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.
  5. ^ Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's Flora of Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada i–xvi, 1–724. Brigham Young University Press, Provo.
  6. ^ Turner Photographics, Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest, Angelica lucida, Sea-Watch includes photos, description, partial distribution map
  7. ^ Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle
  8. ^ Alaskan Wildflowers, Angelica lucida L. includes photos
  9. ^ Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
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