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Angelica atropurpurea (Angelica)
| Also known as: | Great Angelica, Purple-stemmed Angelica |
|---|---|
| Genus: | Angelica |
| Family: | Apiaceae (Carrot) |
| Life cycle: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Habitat: | part shade, sun; wet meadows, wet ditches, seeps, fens, floodplains |
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- [Menu](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/angelica#nav) #  goal $10000 $6316 donated [](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/page/donations) ## Share ## *Angelica atropurpurea* (Angelica) | Also known as: | Great Angelica, Purple-stemmed Angelica | | --- | --- | | Genus: | [Angelica](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/search?scientific_name=Angelica&wh) | | Family: | [Apiaceae (Carrot)](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/search?family=Apiaceae&wh) | | Life cycle: | perennial | | Origin: | native | | Habitat: | part shade, sun; wet meadows, wet ditches, seeps, fens, floodplains | | Bloom season: | June | | Plant height: | 6 to 8 feet | | [Wetland Indicator Status](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/page/glossary#wis): | GP: none MW: OBL NCNE: OBL | | MN county distribution (click map to enlarge): | [](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/maps/angatr.png) | | National distribution (click map to enlarge): | [](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/includes/modalfiles/bonap.php?s=angatr) | Pick an image for a larger view. See the [glossary](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/page/glossary) for icon descriptions. ### Detailed Information #### Flower:   [](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/angelica-atropurpurea-12-18.jpg) Convex to round clusters (umbels) 4 to 9 inches across, made up of 20 to 45 smaller round clusters (umbellets) of 20 to 45 flowers each. Flower stalks are about ½ inch long and umbellet stalks are 2 to 4 inches long. The star-shaped flowers are green to whitish, about ¼ inch across, with 5 petals, 5 spidery stamens, a divided style in the center and 5 pointed oval sepals around the base. #### Leaves and stems:   [](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/green/angelica_0625_160325.jpg) Lower leaves are 3 or 4 times compound and very large, up to 2 feet long and as wide, with 3 to 5 leaflets on a branch. Leaflets are up to 4 inches long and 2 inches wide, the upper leaves reduced in size, lance elliptic, sometimes with one or two deep lobes, especially the end leaflet. Edges are sharply toothed, surfaces mostly smooth or with fine hairs on the underside. [](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/angelica-atropurpurea-7.jpg) Leaf stalks are long with a large green to purple sheath at the base. Stems are stout and smooth with a hollow core, and are purple in color at maturity. #### Fruit:  Fruits are oblong to elliptic, ¼ inch or less in length, flat with thin, winged edges #### Notes: Angelica is a strong contender for Minnesota's tallest wildflower with an occasional specimen topping out at a whopping 9 feet. It may be mistaken for [Cow Parsnip](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/common-cow-parsnip) (*Heracleum lanatum*), which it can be found growing side-by-side, except *Angelica atropurpurea* is smooth throughout, its small flowers lack the white petals found in Cow Parsnip, and Cow Parsnip has palmately compound leaves with leaflets that are rather broader. ### Native Plant Nurseries, Restoration and Landscaping Services ↓ [Map of native plant resources in the upper midwest](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/page/native-plant-purveyor-locations) - [](https://windflowernatives.com/) - [](https://www.kinninatives.com/) - [](https://northernholler.com/) - [](http://www.prairiemoon.com/) - [](http://www.shootingstarnativeseed.com/) ### More photos - [Angelica plant](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/green/angelica_0617_115225.jpg) - [more flowers](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/angelica-atropurpurea-12-21.jpg) - [Angelica in a seep, with Skunk Cabbage](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/angelica-atropurpurea-12-6.jpg) - [Angelica in a wet meadow](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/angelica-atropurpurea-2897-2.jpg) - [emerging Angelica, with Cow Parsnip](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/angelica-atropurpurea-7928307-2.jpg) Photos by K. Chayka taken at Seminary Fen, Carver County, Battle Creek Park, Ramsey County, and along the Snake River campground road, Aitkin County. Photos courtesy Peter M. Dziuk taken in Goodhue, Houston and Ramsey counties. ### Comments **Have you seen this plant in Minnesota,** or have any other comments about it? Posted by: George - Minneapolis on: 2015-08-16 12:54:30 Where can I purchase Angelica in the Minneapolis area? Posted by: K. Chayka on: 2015-08-17 04:39:39 See "where to buy native seeds and plants" that's on almost every page. Posted by: Kenny h - Mower county Shooting Star Trail on: 2017-06-18 13:31:59 We are on the far western fringe for this plants range...also saw it growing around East Side Lake...and Two Creeks Ranch, South of Austin. Posted by: S Clark - Austin on: 2019-06-22 23:10:52 Many growing at Jay Hormel nature center Posted by: Sue D - Red Wing, on the Goodhue Pioneer State Trail on: 2019-06-29 11:28:56 Lots of this growing on both sides of the trail, a/k/a Hay Creek Trail, in the more open, sunnier portion at the beginning of the trail. Once the trail gets more woodsy, you don't find it. Quite tall and blooming now, late June 2019. Posted by: Susan premo - Under mendota bridge, Ft. Snelling St. Park on: 2019-06-30 14:06:39 About 8 ft. Tall. Done flowering. Also a milk weed plant very close by, at first thought I thought narrow leaves, because they were quite narrow, but read what was said about it. Still had some blooms, I will try and send photos through Facebook. Posted by: Luci - FT Snelling historic site, Sibley side. on: 2020-05-23 22:29:18 Growing along the floodplain on the Mendota side of Ft. Snelling. Should be blooming in a couple weeks. Posted by: Bwhaley - Wright county on: 2021-06-27 18:17:19 A few plants along the Mississippi in Otsego. Saw these last winter but thought they were Cow Parsnip at the time. Posted by: Darlene M Dillehay on: 2022-06-21 09:18:52 There is a specimen outside the horticulture bldg at the state fair, it must self seed in that spot because it's always there. This is the only one I've ever seen and I was amazed. I never see it in gardens because of the wasps maybe?!!? Those burgundy stems and flowers with wasps, very goth. Posted by: K Chayka on: 2022-06-21 09:41:07 Darlene, you probably don't normally see it in gardens because it is such a large plant and wants fairly moist conditions, better suited to shorelines than the average residential yard. Posted by: Dan Kaufeld - MANTORVILLE on: 2025-06-09 11:53:40 There are examples of Angelica on the north side of Cascade Lake in Rochester and the south side of county highway 15 in Dodge County near the bridge over Masten Crreek, across from the Zumbro Valley golf course. ## Follow Minnesota Wildflowers [](https://www.facebook.com/MinnesotaWildflowers) [](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/mnwf-rss.xml) Funding provided in part by the [Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund](http://www.lccmr.leg.mn/projects/2014/2014_recommendations.html) as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. Web design and content copyright © 2006-2026 MinnesotaWildflowers.info. See [Terms of Use](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/page/terms-of-use) and [Privacy Policy](https://minnesotawildflowers.info/page/privacy-policy). 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100 pages, set against the 167,893 sites with figures.
- Readablehigher is better
- 100%100 of 100 pages
- All 167,893 sitesBetter than 47%
Pages whose own text is in the HTML the server sends, enough of it for their kind.
- Cleanhigher is better
- Nonemiddle page
- All 167,893 sitesNo place yetWith no figure, it has no place.
Of the words before script, the share that are the page and not menus, footer and forms. 100 pages are not measured, with no <main> or no words.
- Costshown, never scored
- 290,565tokens
- About 2,906 a page
To read every page once. A long page that answers well is not worse for it. Tokens are estimated at about 4 characters each.
How its pages spread on Clean
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Against its rivals
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| Readinghigher is better | Costnot scored | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Site | Readable | Clean | Tokens a page |
| minnesotawildflowers.infoThis site, 100 pages | 100% | None | 2,906 |
| rethinkinglawns.com54 pages | 100% | 27% | 406 |
| mnnicelandscapes.com100 pages | 72% | 63% | 819 |
| fireflyforest.com85 pages | 93% | None | 1,774 |
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| What an agent getshigher is better | Signals | Costnot scored | ||||
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| Page | Words | Clean | Readable | Main heading | Tokens | What it loses |
| / | 632 | No <main> | Yes | None | 1,765 | No <main> |
| /flower/absinthium | 1,107 | No <main> | Yes | None | 2,763 | No <main> |
| /flower/allegheny-vine | 1,206 | No <main> | Yes | None | 2,675 | No <main> |
| /flower/american-birds-foot-trefoil | 922 | No <main> | Yes | None | 2,348 | No <main> |
| /flower/american-hog-peanut | 3,665 | No <main> | Yes | None | 6,212 | No <main> |
| /flower/american-pasqueflower | 1,986 | No <main> | Yes | None | 3,967 | No <main> |
| /flower/angelica | 960 | No <main> | Yes | None | 2,344 | No <main> |
| /flower/biennial-wormwood | 651 | No <main> | Yes | None | 1,853 | No <main> |
| /flower/blue-giant-hyssop | 1,892 | No <main> | Yes | None | 3,632 | No <main> |
| /flower/canada-anemone | 1,771 | No <main> | Yes | None | 3,516 | No <main> |
| /flower/carolina-anemone | 716 | No <main> | Yes | None | 2,019 | No <main> |
| /flower/chinese-chives | 1,299 | No <main> | Yes | None | 2,807 | No <main> |
| /flower/common-burdock | 4,180 | No <main> | Yes | None | 7,227 | No <main> |
| /flower/common-ragweed | 779 | No <main> | Yes | None | 2,074 | No <main> |
| /flower/common-yarrow | 1,699 | No <main> | Yes | None | 3,441 | No <main> |
| /flower/desert-madwort | 595 | No <main> | Yes | None | 1,790 | No <main> |
| /flower/dog-fennel | 600 | No <main> | Yes | None | 1,855 | No <main> |
| /flower/downy-agrimony | 944 | No <main> | Yes | None | 2,591 | No <main> |
| /flower/dragons-mouth | 735 | No <main> | Yes | None | 1,812 | No <main> |
| /flower/earleaf-false-foxglove | 827 | No <main> | Yes | None | 2,390 | No <main> |
| /flower/eastern-dwarf-mistletoe | 631 | No <main> | Yes | None | 1,847 | No <main> |
| /flower/false-dandelion | 806 | No <main> | Yes | None | 2,000 | No <main> |
| /flower/field-pussytoes | 2,485 | No <main> | Yes | None | 4,851 | No <main> |
| /flower/field-sagewort | 553 | No <main> | Yes | None | 1,706 | No <main> |
| /flower/fools-parsley | 841 | No <main> | Yes | None | 2,443 | No <main> |
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