Wheeler's Angelica
Courtesy of: Utah Rare Plant Program; Photo Courtesy of Utah Native Plant Society; Photo Courtesy of Utah Rare Plant Program
Angelica wheeleri
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G2
State (S-rank): S2
Utah Wildlife Action Plan status
- SGCN
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Description
Phenology
Flowers between June to August
Diagnostic characteristics
Angelica wheeleri may be confused for several plants growing on streamsides in Utah, including the species Cicuta maculata (water-hemlock). In comparison, Angelica wheeleri has thicker stems measuring up to 3 cm in diameter while the leaflets are 3-16 cm long and 2-8 cm wide and lanceolate to ovate; Cicuta maculata stems measure 0.5 - 1.5 cm while the leaflets are 2-11 cm long and 0.3-2.5 cm wide and narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate or linear.
Species range
This species is a Northern Uplands-Southern Plateaus endemic to Utah, reported from Cache, Juab, Piute, Salt Lake, Sevier and Utah Counties.
Habitat
Almost a wetland obligate. According to Utah Flora "Boggy or very wet areas often in riparian communities or in seeps and spring.
Threats or limiting factors
The riparian and wetland habitats required by this species are potentially impacted by urban development, stream channelization, water diversions and other watershed and stream alterations, recreation, grazing, climate change and invasion by exotic plant species.
Taxonomy
No, this species does not have taxonomic discrepancies