Filmy Angelica

Angelica triquinata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 167. 1803
Oxypolis Iriquin Raf. Bull. Bot. Seringe 218. 1830. Angelica Curtisii Buckl. Am. Jour. Sci. 45: 173. 1843.
Stout, 6-18 dm. high, the foliage glabrous to slightly scaberulous, the inflorescence scaberulous; leaves ovate to deltoid in general outline, excluding the petioles 1.5-3 dm. long, ternately or ternate-pinnately divided, the leaflets ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, petiolulate or sessile, 4—6 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. broad, serrate to incised; petioles 1-1.5 dm. long, sheathing at the base; cauline leaves similar, reduced above with slightly dilated and often bladeles ; sheaths, the uppermost petioles wholly sheathing; peduncles stout, 8-15 cm. long; involucre wanting; involucel of numerous linear bractlets, 2-5 mm. long; rays few, 10-25, spreadingascending, subequal, 3-S cm. long; pedicels 5-12 mm. long, spreading-ascending; flowers white, the petals oblong-oval, glabrous; ovaries glabrous; stylopodium low-conic; fruit broadly oval, 4-8 mm. long, 3-5 mm. broad, glabrous, the dorsal ribs filiform to narrowly winged, the lateral broader than the dorsal and exceeding the body; oil-tubes solitary to several in the intervals, about 4 on the commissure; seed-face plane.
Type locality: "In Canada" (presumably an error for "Carolina"), collector unknown. Distribution: Allegheny Mountains, from Pennsylvania to North Carolina (Killip 36,012, 36,024).

Angelica triquinata, known by the common name of filmy angelica, is a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is a perennial herb, native to the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States, from Georgia to Pennsylvania.