Scientific Name:	Angelica gigas
Pronunciation:	an-JELL-ih-kuh JYE-gus
Common Name:	giant angelica
Family Name:	Apiaceae
Plant Type:	Biennial, Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Leaves large and divided twice into leaflets and pinnae; umbel 5 to 8 cm wide with dark purple-red florets in late summer.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Upright Form: Columnar Texture: Coarse Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 1.0 - 1.5m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China Hardiness Rating: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Humus rich Landscape Uses: Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Waterside planting, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Compound Leaf: Tripinnate Colour in Fall: Green-yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Cuneate Margins: Serrate

Inflorescence Type: Umbel Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Showy, Purple, Dark-red Flower Time at Peak: Aug, Sep

Fruit Type: Schizocarp Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Oct, Nov

Bark or Stem Colour: Red

Pest Susceptibility:	Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Slugs or snails, Leaf miner insect

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo Location Map

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