Angelica lucida

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Angelica lucida is a species of angelica known by the common names seacoast angelica and sea-watch. It is also one of many species in the celery family which are casually called wild celery.^[2]

Angelica lucida
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Angelica
Species:	A. lucida
Binomial name
Angelica lucida L.
Synonyms[1]
Archangelica gmelinii DC. Caucalis lucida (L.) Lag. Coelopleurum actaeifolium (Michx.) J.M. Coult. & Rose Coelopleurum gmelinii (DC.) Ledeb. Coelopleurum lucidum (L.) Fernald Imperatoria lucida (L.) Spreng. Ligusticum actaeifolium Michx.

As its common names suggest, this plant is found most often along the coastline. Its distribution includes the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic coasts of North America,^[3][4][5][6] and the Russian Far East.^[7] The species can occur far inland in Arctic climates such as Alaska.^[8]

Angelica lucida is considered an endangered species in some of the Northeastern United States.

Angelica lucida is generally similar in appearance to other angelicas, with tall, dense umbels of yellowish-white flowers.^[9]