Angelica breweri
Brewer's angelica
Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Brewer's angelica is a California native perennial found in northern and central Sierra Nevada Mountains in conifer forest at elevations of 800 to 3,000 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white flowers in compound umbels with 20 to 50 rays spanning 2 to 10 centimeters. Growing one to two meters tall with generally hairy stems, it develops a robust, expansive structure. Its large leaves are triangular-ovate, two to three times pinnately divided, with leaflets 6 to 10 centimeters long, lanceolate, and sharply serrated. The fruit is oblong to ovate, measuring 8 to 12 millimeters in length.
Habitat: Conifer forest
Bloom period: Jun-Aug
Elevation: 800-3000 m
Bioregions: CaRH, n&c SNH
California counties: Plumas, Mariposa, El Dorado, Butte, Alpine, Amador, Nevada, Lassen, Placer, Sierra, Tuolumne, Shasta, Fresno, Tehama, Yuba, Calaveras, Mono, Siskiyou, Trinity, Tulare
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