Angelica japonica is a robust-growing perennial
inhabiting seashore sandy soils; stems are stout, tinging dark
purple, and branches are on the upper parts. Leaves are also robust,
with bi- to tri-pinnate compounds and pedicles swollen at the bases
to grow sheath-like kinds of stuff. Leaflets are egg-shaped, oblong,
thick, tough, glossy, and have serrated margins. Branch tops emerge
compound umbels in which many small white flowers bloom densely.
Involucral bracts at the bases of petioles are slender. Bloom time:
April-June. |