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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Wild Angelica
| image = Illustration Angelica silvestris0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Apiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Angelica]]''
| species = '''''A. sylvestris'''''
| binomial = ''Angelica sylvestris''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''Wild Angelica''' ''(Angelica sylvestris)'' is a [[species]] of [[plant]] that grows about one meter tall. It has broad, double-finned [[Leaf|leaves]]. The [[Plant stem|stem]] is coarse, tubular and violet at the bottom, with broad leaf shafts. 
At the top the stem has fine hairs.
The flowers are green-white.

Wild Angelica grows on grazing grounds, cultured land and along [[stream]]s.

It is said that the plant is useless for food, but it is known that it has been used as a [[vegetable]] until the 20th century. 
The plant prevents [[scurvy]], and it can be stored. The stem was eaten fresh, and the leaves could be boiled to a stew for storage. It could later be cooked up with [[milk]] into a tasty dish.
In dire times the Wild Angelica has been an important source of nutrition.

The plant has also been used for [[dyeing]].


{{Commons|Angelica sylvestris}}

[[Category:Apiaceae]]