General: Charleston Mountain Angelica (Angelica scabrida) is an upright perennial forb with large, compound leaves that have serrate edges. The inflorescence is a compound umbel, forming a big ball of flowers. Long, oblong fruits sometimes remain on old flower stalks.

Charleston Mountain Angelica is a rare component of mountain communities with damp or wet soils. Around Las Vegas, look for this species only in the Transition (Yellow Pine Forest), and Canadian (Pine-Fir Forest) life zones up on Mt. Charleston in Kyle Canyon and at Red Rock Canyon NCA in Lost Creek Canyon.

Family: Parsley (Apiaceae)

Other Names: Rough Angelica

Plant Form: Upright, herbaceous plant with large leaves.

Height: To about 6 feet.

Stems: Erect, hollow.

Leaves: Compound (odd-1-pinnate), to about 15 inches; deltoid; margin serrate with small spines on the tips of each point.

Flowers: Blooms in the spring. Inflorescence: compound umbels, flowers white (sometimes pink, red, purple).

Seeds: Fruit: oblong; long (8-14 mm long)

Habitat: Damp and wet mountains limestone soils.

Elevation: About 7,500 to 7,800 feet.

Distribution: Nevada, only on Mt. Charleston in Fletcher Canyon.

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