Angelica sylvestris

Angelica sylvestris L. Engl.: wild angelica, wood angelica. Deu.: Wilde Engelwurz, Wald-Engelwurz, Wilde Brustwurz. Suom.: karhunputki. Sven.: strätta, skogspipa.

Viikon yrtti: Väinönputki, karhunputki.

Henrietten yrttisivut: Viikon yrtti: Väinönputki, karhunputki.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 16.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 16. Flowers. Tammisaari archipelago, Finland. Wild. 2007-07-07.

Angelica sylvestris.

Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.

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Angelica pipe.

Henriette's herbal blog: Or, well, umbellifer pipe, really.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 12.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 12. Making a whistling pipe: the cut stem of a wild angelica. You'll get two pipes from this one: the top and the bottom of the stem are both closed. Ylästö, Vantaa, Finland. Picked. 2005-07-28.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 13.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 13. Making a whistling pipe: cut the stem in half with one diagonal cut. Ylästö, Vantaa, Finland. Picked. 2005-07-28.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 14.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 14. Making a whistling pipe: make a second cut against the first diagonal cut. Ylästö, Vantaa, Finland. Picked. 2005-07-28.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 15.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 15. Making a whistling pipe: now your pipe is done. To use it: put the second cut against your mouth, pipe straight down, and blow. Wooooooooo... Ylästö, Vantaa, Finland. Picked. 2005-07-28.

Angelica stem jam.

Henriette's herbal blog: When the angelica (Angelica archangelica) first starts to grow the stems are tender and soft.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 10.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 10. Flower and green seed. Tammisaari archipelago, Finland. Wild. 2004-08-01.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 11.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 11. Plant covered in ice crystals. Nice. Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 2004-03-05.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 5.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 5. Plant in seed, covered in spiderwebs and frost. Turku, Finland. Wild. 2000-09-15.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 2.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 2. Flowering plant. Ylästö, Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 2000-07-12.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 3.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 3. Flowering plant. Ylästö, Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 2000-07-12.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 6.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 6. 1st year plant dug up. Porvoo, Finland. Picked. 1999-10-01.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 7.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 7. Closeup of cut root. As you can see, this too has chambers, as does the root of Cicuta virosa. Porvoo, Finland. Picked. 1999-10-01.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 4.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 4. Flowering plants in a meadow of Calamagrostis grass. Vantaankoski, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 1999-07-17.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 8.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 8. Leaves of Angelica sylvestris and Aegopodium podagraria. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 1996-05-01.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 1.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 1. Closeup of flower. Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 1992-07-01.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris. Flowering plant. Medicinally this is a small cousin to A. archangelica. Culinary uses - yech! Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 1992-07-01.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 9.

Photo: Angelica sylvestris 9. Leaf of Angelica sylvestris and Anthriscus sylvestris. Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 1992-06-01.