[Angelicas West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica

Angelica hendersonii

Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii

Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii) - Leaves of Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii)

Inflorescence of Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii) - Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii)

Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii) - Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii)

Underside of a leaflet of Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii) - Underside of a leaflet of Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii)

Henderson's angelica still in bloom along the roads and parking areas at the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area..........September 29, 2017.

Winged fruits of Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii) - Seed head of Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii)

Close-ups of the maturing seed heads of Henderson's angelica as seen on brushy, beach grass slopes immediately behind the beach between Netarts and Oceanside, Oregon.........August 18, 2016. Note the broad lateral wings of the fruit which are much broader than the dorsal or central wings or ribs. Late in the season, this helps distinguish this species from seacoast angelica (Angelica lucida) which only has the short wings, both central and lateral.

Umbel of Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii) - Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii)

Umbel of Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii) - Stem leaf of Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii)

Stem leaf of Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii) - Basal leaf of Henderson's Angelica, Sea Coast Angelica, Woolly Angelica: Angelica hendersonii (Synonym: Angelica tomentosa var. hendersonii)

Henderson's angelica blooming on the foredune at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon coast.......July 28, 2022.

Paul Slichter