Family |
Apiaceae
Angelica sylvestris
L.
Angelica sylvestris L.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 433; 1983)
Life-form & habit: Erect perennial herb, robust, 60–200 cm tall, with a thick, fusiform root and hollow, striate stems often purplish at the base.
Leaves: Large, biternate or triternate, with ovate-lanceolate serrate segments; basal leaves long-petiolate; cauline leaves reduced, with inflated sheaths.
Inflorescence & flowers: Umbels large, compound, 15–30 cm wide, with 20–40 rays; no general involucre or rarely a few small bracts; partial involucels of narrow bracts. Flowers small, white or pinkish.
Fruit: Elliptical or oblong schizocarps (6–9 mm), dorsally compressed with strong ribs and narrow wings.
Phenology: Flowers in summer.
Habitat & elevation: Moist meadows, forest edges, and stream banks in montane zones.
Lebanese distribution: No confirmed native occurrence; potentially cultivated or adventive.
Native range : Widely distributed across Europe and temperate Western Asia, including Turkey and parts of the Caucasus