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Pubescent Angelica

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Morphological characteristics: A perennial herb of the genus Angelica in the Apiaceae family, 1-3 m tall. The stem is purplish, hairless. The basal leaves and lower stem leaves are triangular, 15-50 cm long, bipinnate to tripinnate ternate-pinnately parted, with the ultimate segments ovate, narrowly lanceolate, or obovate, 5-20 cm long; the upper stem leaves are reduced to leaf sheaths. The compound umbel is densely covered with yellowish-brown pubescence, and the flowers are white. The schizocarp is oblong broadly ovate or elliptical, 5-12 mm long. Habitat and distribution: Grows by valley streams or in grass clusters. Distributed in Anhui, Zhe

Morphological characteristics

A perennial herb of the genus Angelica in the Apiaceae family, 1-3 m tall. The stem is purplish, hairless. The basal leaves and lower stem leaves are triangular, 15-50 cm long, bipinnate to tripinnate ternate-pinnately parted, with the ultimate segments ovate, narrowly lanceolate, or obovate, 5-20 cm long; the upper stem leaves are reduced to leaf sheaths. The compound umbel is densely covered with yellowish-brown pubescence, and the flowers are white. The schizocarp is oblong broadly ovate or elliptical, 5-12 mm long.

Habitat and distribution

Grows by valley streams or in grass clusters. Distributed in Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangxi, **. Also found in Japan.

Use: The root is used as medicine and has the effects of dispelling wind and removing dampness, and relieving pain.

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