Angelica L.
Plant dioec. or polygamous; umbels compound; primary rays us.∞; general involucre of few bracts, or 0; secondary us. ∞. Calyx-teeth minute or 0; petals white to greenish. Fr. dorsally much compressed; commissure broad; mericarps almost flat, with 2 broad marginal wings and 3 prominent dorsal ribs. Vittae various in number. Perennial herbs or subshrubs with us. ternately or pinnately compound lvs. Some 70 spp., mainly of northern hemisphere; the N.Z. spp. endemic.
