Angelica Tree, Japanes Angelica                         a-RAH-lee-a e-LA-ta

• Broadleaf deciduous shrub or tree, to 45 ft (14 m) high, clump forming.  Stems pithy and irregularly spiny (prickles).  Leaves alternate, pinnately compound, large, 40-80(100) cm long, bipinnate, leaflets ovate to narrow ovate, 6-12 cm long, margin serrate, sometimes remotely, dark green above, somewhat glaucous (whitish/bluish wax or bloom) below, slightly pubescent on veins when young.   Flowers are small, off-white, in broad, terminal clusters about 40 cm long; flowers showy in late summer.   Fruit small, round, fleshy, shiny purple-black.
• Sun, tolerates diverse soil conditions.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4         Native to China, far eastern Russia, Korea and Japan.
• elata: tall, elevated