Angelica archangelica

Common name(s): angelica, garden angelica, wild celery.

Description: biennial; a short-lived perennial in which all parts of the plant are edible and have numerous culinary and medicinal uses. Typically produces foliage its first year and flowers/sets seed in its second. 

Height: to 6 ft. Spread: to 4 ft.

Position: partial shade and well-draining soil

Uses: medicine, culinary- leaves and young shoots in salads or crystallized in sugar, herbal tea, seeds used to flavor liqueurs, 

Winter Hardiness: to 0 F and below

Distribution: Europe, Greenland, Western Russia