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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Angelica gigas
| image = Gigas3UME.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Apiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Angelica]]''
| species = '''''A. gigas'''''
| binomial = ''Angelica gigas''
| binomial_authority = Nakai
}}
'''''Angelica gigas''''' is a biennial or short lived perennial plant from China, Japan and Korea. It inhabits forests, grasslands and streamsides. The roots are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
==Description==
Plant 1–2 m, stout with deep thick roots. Stem purplish, ribbed. Leafblade triangular-ovate in outline, 20–40 × 20–30 cm, 2–3-ternate-pinnate. Umbel purple, 5–8 cm across. Flowers dark purple-red, obovate. Flowering in late summer.
==Cultivation==
For moist garden soil in full sun or semishade. Best propagated with seeds in the spring. Flowering the second season and usually dies after flowering.
==Reference==
*Flora of China: Angelica gigas http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200015368
[[Category: Apiaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Angelica gigas
| image = Gigas3UME.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Apiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Angelica]]''
| species = '''''A. gigas'''''
| binomial = ''Angelica gigas''
| binomial_authority = Nakai
}}
'''''Angelica gigas''''' is a biennial or short lived perennial plant from China, Japan and Korea. It inhabits forests, grasslands and streamsides. The roots are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
==Description==
Plant 1–2 m, stout with deep thick roots. Stem purplish, ribbed. Leafblade triangular-ovate in outline, 20–40 × 20–30 cm, 2–3-ternate-pinnate. Umbel purple, 5–8 cm across. Flowers dark purple-red, obovate. Flowering in late summer.
==Cultivation==
For moist garden soil in full sun or semishade. Best propagated with seeds in the spring. Flowering the second season and usually dies after flowering.
==Reference==
*Flora of China: Angelica gigas http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200015368
[[Category: Apiaceae]]
