Angelica wheeleri S. Wats.

Angelica wheeleri S. Wats. Am. Nat. 7: 301. 1873
Angelica dilatata A. Nelson; Coult. & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 446. 1909.
Stout, 5-10 dm. high, the foliage glabrous, the inflorescence scaberulous; leaves deltoid in general outline, excluding the petioles 1.5-2.5 dm. long, ternate-pinnately divided, the leaflets ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, sessile or petiolulate, 2-9 cm. long, 1-4 cm. broad, obscurely to incisely serrate; petioles 1-3 dm. long, sheathing at the base; cauline leaves similar, reduced above with broadly inflated and often bladeless sheaths, the uppermost petioles wholly sheathing; peduncles stout, 5-15 cm. long; involucre wanting or of a sheath-like bract; involucel wanting; rays numerous, 30-40, spreading-ascending, unequal, 3-13 cm. long, webbed; pedicels slender, spreading-ascending, 5-15 mm. long, webbed, exceeding the fruit; flowers white, the petals oblong, glabrous; ovaries hispid; stylopodium conic; fruit oblong-oval, 5-7 mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, hispid, the dorsal ribs narrowly winged, the lateral broader than the dorsal but narrower than the body; oiltubes solitary in the intervals or 2 in the lateral, 4 on the commissure; seed-face plane or slightly concave.
Type locality: Utah, Wheeler.
Distribution: Northern to central Utah (Garrelt 2157, 7251, Rydberg &• Carlton 7663).