Angelica pachycarpa Lange

Stout, fleshy biennial or short-lived perennial with faint aniseed odour. Stems sparsely puberulent, hollow, grooved, striate, up to 60–(100) cm high. Basal lvs glabrous, 2–3-pinnate, petiolate; ultimate segments ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, serrate, sometimes lobed or pinnatisect, c. 2–7–(15) cm long, ± sessile, dark glossy green and recurved when fresh; stem lvs similar to basal, but 1–3-pinnate and shortly petiolate. Umbels (5)–10–20 cm diam., flat-topped; rays puberulent, numerous, stout; bracts 5–8, usually linear, sometimes fewer and broader; bracteoles numerous, lanceolate. Fls numerous, greenish white, 1–3 mm diam. Fr. glabrous, ovate-oblong, 8–12 mm long, brown with lighter, spongy lateral wings.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Nov.–Jan.