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Angelica ampla (Giant Angelica) Montane, subalpine. Meadows, woodlands, wetlands, rocky areas. Summer. The Giant Angelica shown here are four feet tall, but the plant can grow to six feet tall, far exceeding the other two Angelicas shown on this page. Giant Angelica likes wet areas (as shown here) and in such habitat can form a thicket of leaves and flower stems. Aven Nelson named and described this species in 1898 from a specimen he collected in 1896 along Sand Creek in Wyoming just southwest of Laramie near the Colorado border.
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Angelica ampla (Giant Angelica) Montane, subalpine. Meadows, woodlands, wetlands, rocky areas. Summer. Leaves are massive, ample, and cut into leaflets that range from two to eight inches. |
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Angelica grayi (Gray's Angelica) Montane, subalpine,
alpine. Meadows, woodlands, scree. Summer. Angelica grayi grows so scattered that even though its thick stalk stands out against many of the smaller plants in its habitats, it is often overlooked. Once it is noticed, it is often mistaken for a dwarf, squat form of Loveroot (to which it is related). It comes into its own with its huge, sparkling, starburst flower. Above timberline Angelica grayi might grow just 6 inches tall but in rich meadows and Aspen woods (and even on scree slopes) it can be two feet tall. "Grayi" is for Asa Gray, 1810-1888, the most important taxonomist of his day and the originator of the Harvard Herbarium. (More biographical information about Gray.) |
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Angelica grayi (Gray's Angelica) Montane, subalpine,
alpine. Meadows, woodlands, scree. Summer. Leaves are divided into leaflets which often, at the base of the leaf , are again divided in three parts. Leaf stems have a noticeable
sheath around the main stem. |
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Angelica grayi (Gray's Angelica) Montane, subalpine,
alpine. Meadows, woodlands, scree. Summer. |
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Angelica grayi (Gray's Angelica) Montane, subalpine,
alpine. Meadows, woodlands, scree. Summer. A robust Angelica grayi (eighteen inches tall) ends its growing season in fall colors. Stem color (during the growing season as well as in the fall) can range from green to yellow to maroon. Seed pods mature in heavy clusters. |
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Angelica pinnata (Pinnate Angelica) Montane. Wet meadows
and Aspen groves, streamsides. Summer. Although Angelica pinnata is found throughout the western San Juans and nearby mountains, it is never a common plant. It is very slim and lanky, likes moist areas, and is thus often difficult to find among other lush herbage. The swollen maroon sheaths at the base of the flower stalks attract attention, but the very widely spreading flower head is also quite noticeable and delicately lovely. The plant can grow to several feet tall. "Pinnata" is
for the pinnate leaves. |
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Angelica pinnata (Pinnate Angelica) Montane. Wet meadows
and Aspen groves, streamsides. Summer. In the top photograph, flowers are in varying stages of development -- from bud to seed. In the bottom photograph at left, we are looking at the under side of several flower clusters and can see one of the identifying characteristics of Angelica pinnata: there are no bracts at the base of each flower cluster. In the photograph below, fruits are fully developed. |
Range map © John Kartesz,
County Color Key
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Range map for Angelica ampla
Range map for Angelica grayi
Range map for Angelica pinnata |
Tiny flowers are grouped into large heads and may be yellow, white, green, or brown, but their golden pollen makes them appear golden-yellow when the flowers are fully opened. Flowers on the plants shown here are just beginning to open.
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