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Summary
Bloom Color: Purple.
Main Bloom Time: Early fall, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Upright or erect.
Physical Characteristics
Angelica gigas is a PERENNIAL growing to 1.8 m (6ft) at a medium rate.
It is not frost tender. It is in flower from July to August, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
UK Hardiness Map
US Hardiness Map
Synonyms
Plant Habitats
Woodland Garden Dappled Shade; Shady Edge;
Edible Uses
Edible Parts: Leaves
Edible Uses:
Young leaves - cooked[177, 183].
References More on Edible Uses
Medicinal Uses
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Blood tonic Women's complaints
The root is used in Korea to treat anaemia, hemiplegia and women's diseases[279]. It ontains a number of active compounds and has been shown to increase duodenum motility and have an anti-platelet aggregation action[279].
References More on Medicinal Uses
Other Uses
References More on Other Uses
Cultivation details
Landscape Uses:Specimen, Woodland garden. Requires a deep moist fertile soil in dappled shade or full sun[200]. Hardy to about -20°c[187]. Plants flower in 2 years from seed[187] and are reliably perennial if prevented from setting seed[200]. Special Features:
Attractive foliage, Naturalizing.
References Carbon Farming Information and Carbon Sequestration Information
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Plant Propagation
Seed - best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe since the seed only has a short viability[200]. Seed can also be sown in the spring, though germination rates will be lower. It requires light for germination[200]. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a cold frame for their first winter, planting them out into their permanent positions in the spring. The seed can also be sow in situ as soon as it is ripe.
Other Names
If available other names are mentioned here
Native Range
TEMPERATE ASIA: China (Heilongjiang Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng), Korea, South
Weed Potential
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Please note that a plant may be invasive in one area but may not
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Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :
IUCN Red List
Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.
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