Brewer's Angelica

Angelica breweri A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 34S. 1868
Stout, 9-12 dm. high, the foliage and inflorescence glabrate to somewhat villous; leaves deltoid in general outline, excluding the petioles 15-35 cm. long, ternately or ternate-pinnately divided, the leaflets lanceolate, acute, petiolulate or sessile, 4-12 cm. long, 5-30 mm. broad, serrate to entire; petioles 2-3 dm. long, sheathing at the base; cauline leaves similar, reduced above with inflated and often bladeless sheaths, the uppermost petioles wholly sheathing; peduncles stout, 1-3 dm. long; involucre wanting; involucel of several linear, villous bractlets, 4-6 mm. long, often exceeding the flowers; rays numerous, 25-40, spreading-ascending, unequal, 3-8 cm. long, webbed; pedicels spreading-ascending, S— 12 mm. long, inconspicuously webbed; flowers white, the petals oval to obovate, villous on the back; ovaries densely villous; stylopodium low-conic; fruit oblong to oval, 8-12 mm. long, 5-7 mm. broad, more or less villous, the dorsal ribs narrowly winged, the lateral broader than the dorsal and about equaling the body ; oil-tubes solitary' in the intervals, 2 on the commissure ; seed-face slightly concave.
Type locality: Sierra Nevada, near Ebbetts Pass, Alpine County. California, Brewer. Distribution: Dry slopes; northern and central Sierra Nevada, California, and adjacent Nevada

Angelica breweri is a species of angelica known as Brewer's angelica. It is native to the high mountain ranges of eastern California and far western Nevada, where it grows in coniferous forests. This is a taprooted perennial herb producing an erect, hollow, hairy stem to heights between 1 and 2 meters. The large leaves are composed of many highly dissected leaflets, each up to 10 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a compound umbel with up to 50 long rays holding clusters of hairy white flowers. The base of each pedicel has a thick webbing. The fruit is a pair of ribbed bodies, each containing a seed.

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