Angelica hendersonii

Coast angelica

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Coast angelica is a California native perennial found in the northern and central coastal bioregions on coastal bluffs and scrub at elevations below 150 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces white flowers in complex umbrella-like clusters with 20 to 65 ray branches. Growing 80 to 200 centimeters tall with a generally sprawling habit and softly hairy stems, it develops large triangular-ovate leaves divided into multiple layers of leaflets. Its leaves are intricately structured with 5 to 10 centimeter leaflets that are lanceolate to oblong, double-serrate, green on top, and white-woolly underneath. The fruit is a small oblong to ovate structure 6 to 9 millimeters long.

Habitat: Coastal bluffs, scrub

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: < 150 m

Bioregions: NCo, CCo

California counties: Humboldt, Mendocino, Marin, San Mateo, San Francisco, Del Norte, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Monterey

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.