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Lyall's Angelica - Angelica arguta
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S5
(see State Rank Reason below)
C-value:
5
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Common throughout at least western and southcentral counties. This is our most common Angelica. Grows in a wide variety of habitats.
General Description
Stems erect, 50–150 cm. Herbage anise-scented, glabrate or sparsely pubescent on veins beneath. Leaves bipinnate; leaflets ovate to narrowly elliptic, 3–10 cm long, serrate, sometimes the basal few-lobed. Umbels: rays unequal, 2–8 cm long; involucre and involucel absent. Flowers white; petals 1–2 mm long. Mericarps glabrous, obovate, 4–7 mm long; lateral ribs broadly winged; dorsal ribs narrowly winged (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
BC, AB to CA, UT and WY (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 1566
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Recency
(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)
Habitat
Meadows, wet forests, woodlands, avalanche slopes, especially in aspen groves, along streams; montane, subalpine (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Stewardship Responsibility
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
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Culver, D.R. 1994. Floristic analysis of the Centennial Region, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 199 pp.- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
- Simanonok, M. 2018. Plant-pollinator network assembly after wildfire. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 123 p.
- Stivers, T.S. 1988. Effects of livestock grazing on grizzly bear habitat along the east front of the Rocky Mountains, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 80 p.
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