Staff celery
Angelica polymorpha

Family: Apiaceae

What it is like

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1 m high. It has a single stem. This is cylinder shaped and hollow. It has ridges along it and is purple. The leaf stalks are 15 cm long. The leaf blades are triangle or oval shaped and 15--30 cm long by 15-25 cm wide. They are divided 2 or 3 times. The leaflets are oval and 3-5 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. They are 2 to 3 irregular lobes.

It is regarded as medicinal.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It grows on the hillsides in north east China. It grows between 1,000-1,500 m above sea level.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Japan, Korea

How it is used for food

The young plant is gathered.

It is an important green vegetable in some places in China.

Edible parts

Shoots

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Angelica polymorpha f. lineariloba T. Yamaz.; Angelica sinuata H. Wolff; Angelica uchiyamae Y. Yabe; Angelica wolffiana Fedde ex H. Wolff; Conioselinum wolffianum (Fedde ex H. Wolff) Nakai; Peucedanum taquetii H. olff.; Rompelia polymorpha (Maxim.) Koso-Pol.; Selinum coreanum H. Bossieu;