Kneeling Angelica

Kneeling Angelica Flowers
Botanical Name: Angelica genuflexa
Family: Apiaceae
Native to: Western North America
Eco benefits: medicinal
Natural habitat: swamps & bogs, waters edge, floodplains
Shapes: upright
Height: 3-6ft
Unique attractions: flowers
Common uses: naturalized plantings, shade garden, rain garden
Light: partial shade, full shade
Soil: moist and fertile, tolerates wet feet, wet

Kneeling angelica is a herbaceous perennial plant native to western North America and common to BC. Found in bogs, along waterways, and in wet meadows. In late spring to late summer, Enchanted looking umbels of small white to slightly pink flowers appear. These are held by upright by hollow stems, often tinted with purple.