[Angelicas: The Genus Angelica East of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]

Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica

Angelica arguta

Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi

Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi)

Sharptooth angelica as seen at a moist seep along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.........August 1, 2011.

Inflorescence of Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi)The photo above shows sharp-tooth angelica as seen in Shorthorn Creek, along Trail #9, the Shorthorn Trail on the south side of Mt. Adams........August 31, 1996.
Characteristics:

Also known as shining angelica, sharp-tooth angelica is a perennial wildflower with stout, erect stems from 60-200 cm high. The stems and leaves are largely glabrous below, while a few short, stiff hairs may be found on the upper stem and within the inflorescence. The basal leaves are 20-40 cm long, long petiolate and bipinnately compound. The leaflets are broadly lanceolate or ovate, measuring 5-11 cm long, and with the lowermost pair of leaflets on the secondary division often with a lateral lobe. The leaflet margins are coarsely toothed. The stem leaves are much smaller and have a greatly inflated petiole.

The inflorescence is a terminal umbel with several lateral umbels arising from the uppermost leaf axils. The herbage of the inflorescence is somewhat rough or consists of short, stiff hairs. The 18-25 rays of the umbel are 5-10 cm long and typically unequal in length. Bracts at the base of the umbel and beneath the umbellets are absent. The pedicels in fruit are 3-9 mm long while the flowers are white. The fruits are oblong-elliptic in shape with shin to corky lateral wings nearly as wide as the body of the fruit. The intermediate ribs of the fruit are narrow to partially winged. The fruits measure 4-7 mm long and 4-5 mm wide.


Habitat:

Sharp-tooth angelica may be found in moist meadows, streambanks and moist open woods and thickets.


Range:

Sharp-tooth angelica may be found from southwestern Alberta south through southern British Columbia and then south on both sides of the Cascade Mts to northern California. It is found eastward across Oregon and Washington to southern Idaho, northern Nevada and Wyoming.


Leaf of Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi)

The photo above shows another view of a pinnately compound leaf of sharp-tooth angelica as seen along the Island Springs Trail on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams.......July 1, 2005.

Fruit of Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi)

The photo above shows a fruit of sharp-tooth angelica.

Inflorescence of Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi) - Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi)

Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi) - Inflorescence of Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi)

These photos show close-up views of sharp-tooth angelica as seen in a riparian area at the trailhead for the Tucannon River Trail, Umatilla National Forest.......June 22, 2007.

Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi)

Sharptooth angelica as seen in bloom along the Lake Creek Trail #3079, just downstream from the upper trailhead, Umatilla National Forest........July 24, 2012.

Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi)

Sharptooth angelica blooming with fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) at a moist seep along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness........August 19, 2011.

Stem leaf of Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi)

Stem leaf of sharptooth angelica as seen at a moist seep along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness........August 1, 2011.

Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi)

Umbel of Lyall's Angelica, Sharptooth Angelica, Sharp-tooth Angelica, Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta (Synonyms: Angelica lyallii, Angelica piperi)

Sharptooth angelica as seen in small spring-fed streams that cross the Lake Creek Trail #378, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness...........July 19, 2013.

Paul Slichter