King's Angelica

Angelica kingii (S. Wats.) Coult. & Rose, Contr U. S. Nat. Herb. 7: 158. 1900.
Selinum Kingii S. Wats. Bot. King's Expl. 126. 1871.
Stout, 3-9 dm. high, the foliage glabrous to scaberulous, the inflorescence scaberulous to glabrous; leaves oblong in general outline, excluding the petioles 1.5-4 dm. long, 1.5 dm. broad, ternate-pinnate, the leaflets lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate to acute, sessile or petiolulate, entire to remotely serrate; petioles 1.5-3 dm. long, sheathing at the base; cauline leaves similar, reduced above to bladeless sheaths, the petioles of the uppermost leaves wholly sheathing; peduncles slender, 1-1.5 dm. long; involucre wanting; involucel wanting; rays few, 7-14, ascending, unequal, 0.5-10 cm. long, webbed; pedicels few, spreading-ascending, 1-6 mm. long, webbed; flowers white, the petals ovate-oblong, pubescent on the back; ovaries hispid; stylopodium low-conic to conic; fruit oblong, 4-5 mm. long, 2-3 mm. broad, hispid, the dorsal ribs narrowly winged, the lateral little broader than the dorsal and much narrower than the body; oil-tubes solitary in the intervals or 2 in the lateral, 2 on the commissure; seed-face slightly concave.
Type locality: "East and West Humboldt Mountains and in Ruby Valley," Nevada, Watson 456.
Distribution: Mountains, Nevada and adjacent Idaho to eastern California (Clokey &• Clokey 5549, Heller 9309, Duran,554).

Angelica kingii is a species of angelica known as King's angelica. It is native to the western United States, especially the Great Basin region. This is a taprooted perennial herb varying in shape and size. It produces an erect, hollow stem to heights between 30 centimeters and two meters. The large leaves are composed of many lance-shaped leaflets each up to 12 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is a compound umbel with up to 14 long rays each holding clusters of small hairy flowers. The fruit is a pair of bodies about half a centimeter long each containing a seed.