Angelica_lucida Knowpia

Angelica lucida
	Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Angelica
Species:	A. lucida
Binomial name
	Angelica lucida; L.
Synonyms
	Archangelica gmelinii DC.; Caucalis lucida (L.) Lag.; Coelopleurum actaeifolium (Michx.) J.M. Coult. & Rose; Coelopleurum gmelinii (DC.) Ledeb.; Coelopleurum lucidum (L.) Fernald; Imperatoria lucida (L.) Spreng.; Ligusticum actaeifolium Michx.;

Angelica lucida is a species of angelica known by the common names seacoast angelica and sea-watch. It is also one of many species in the celery family which are casually called wild celery.^[2]

As its common names suggest, this plant is found most often along the coastline. Its distribution includes the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic coasts of North America,^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] and the Russian Far East.^[7] The species can occur far inland in Arctic climates such as Alaska.^[8]

Angelica lucida is considered an endangered species in some of the Northeastern United States.

Angelica lucida is generally similar in appearance to other angelicas, with tall, dense umbels of yellowish-white flowers.^[9]

References edit

^ Tropicos, Angelica lucida L.
^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Angelica lucida L., seacoast angelica, wild celery
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
^ Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.
^ Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's Flora of Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada i–xvi, 1–724. Brigham Young University Press, Provo.
^ Turner Photographics, Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest, Angelica lucida, Sea-Watch includes photos, description, partial distribution map
^ Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle
^ Alaskan Wildflowers, Angelica lucida L. includes photos
^ Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.