Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week for ID : Angelica gigas UD 8 2 2011 002

[ushadi Micromini]

Dear ALL:
Family: Apiaceae
 Genus: Angelica
Species: A. gigas
* Angelica gigas   Nakai

Korean angelica, native of China, Korea and Japan...
now grown for its violet flowerheads by hobby gardeners in USA .
Grows to be about 5 -6 feet in height, starts with purplish leaves
which turn green, are serrated...

Koreans eat the leaves, but one need to be aware of solar sensitivity
and  dermatitis.  Recently being studied for prostate cancers...

I photographed these at NYBG in summer of 2008,
it flowers only during its second year, so was lucky to get
the gorgeous purple flower heads..  several develop in one plant..

I did not go back to photograph the seeds that develop,
flicker has a photo by Steve of Edibugh Bot Garden at :

Gorgeous photo of the seed head…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbuchan/4050620305/

((From wikipedia: Description   Plant 1–2 m, stout with deep thick roots.

Stem purplish, ribbed. Leafblade triangular-ovate in outline,

20–40 × 20–30 cm, 2–3-ternate-pinnate. Umbel purple, 5–8 cm across.

Flowers dark purple-red, obovate. Flowering in late summer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_gigas))

Thanks

Usha di

[Balkar Arya]

Very Nice !!! seeing first time Thanks for sharing Usha Ji 

--
Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Mahadeswara]

Beautiful photographs and nice reporting.

On Aug 2, 5:21 pm, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear ALL:

> Family: Apiaceae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apiaceae>
>  Genus: *Angelica <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica>*
> Species: *A. gigas*
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature> * *Angelica gigas**   *

> Nakai
>
> Korean angelica, native of China, Korea and Japan...
> now grown for its violet flowerheads by hobby gardeners in USA .
> Grows to be about 5 -6 feet in height, starts with purplish leaves
> which turn green, are serrated...
>
> Koreans eat the leaves, but one need to be aware of solar sensitivity
> and  dermatitis.  Recently being studied for prostate cancers...
>
> I photographed these at NYBG in summer of 2008,
> it flowers only during its second year, so was lucky to get
> the gorgeous purple flower heads..  several develop in one plant..
>
> I did not go back to photograph the seeds that develop,
> flicker has a photo by Steve of Edibugh Bot Garden at :
>
> Gorgeous photo of the seed head…
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbuchan/4050620305/
>

> *((From wikipedia: Description   *Plant 1–2 m, stout with deep thick roots.

>
> Stem purplish, ribbed. Leafblade triangular-ovate in outline,
>
> 20–40 × 20–30 cm, 2–3-ternate-pinnate. Umbel purple, 5–8 cm across.
>
> Flowers dark purple-red, obovate. Flowering in late summer.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_gigas))
>
> Thanks
>
> Usha di
>

>  a Angelica gigas korean angelica leaf bud LBL NYBG 08 (5) small cropped names.jpg
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>  a1 Angelica gigas korean angelica leaf bud LBL NYBG 08 (2) small cropped name.jpg
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>  a2Angelica gigas korean angelica leaf bud LBL NYBG 08 (3) small cropped name.jpg
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[Gurcharan Singh]

Really Nice photographs. Previously Angelica himalaica was very common in Gulmarg, here. Not able to locate yet.

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[Ushadi micromini]

Thank you all for appreciation,

Gurucharanji: do you have old pictures?
Usha di
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On Aug 2, 6:25 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Really Nice photographs. Previously Angelica himalaica was very common in
> Gulmarg, here. Not able to locate yet.
>
> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Retired  Associate Professor
> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.

> Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[Gurcharan Singh]

Ushadi

Unfortunately not. With film cameras, it was difficult to afford photographing so many plants.

Here is my lone herbarium specimen of Angelica himalaica.

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College

University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018

Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[Ushadi micromini]

even better... genetic material would be handy...
or even for structural studies...
Thanks for sharing
Usha di
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On Aug 2, 7:18 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ushadi
> Unfortunately not. With film cameras, it was difficult to afford
> photographing so many plants.
>
> Here is my lone herbarium specimen of Angelica himalaica.
>
> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Retired Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College
> University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018

> Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

>
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Ushadi micromini

> <microminipho...@gmail.com>wrote:

>  Apiaceae-Angelica-himailaica-Kashmir-1.jpg
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