About Angelica pachycarpa Lange
Angelica pachycarpa Lange is a short-lived, stout, fleshy plant that grows to approximately one meter in height. It produces very glossy dark green foliage, and both its foliage and hollow, grooved stems carry a faint aniseed odor. Basal foliage is two to three pinnate and distinctly petiolate, while stem leaves are one to three pinnate with very short petioles. Its creamy-white to greenish-white flowers grow in flat umbels that measure 10 to 20 centimeters wide. Fruits of this species can reach up to twelve millimeters long; they are brown with lighter-colored wings and have a pepper-like scent. In Spain and Portugal, Angelica pachycarpa grows within the Crithmo-Armerion maritimae (Géhu 1968) plant community. Associate species in this community are Armeria berlengensis, Armeria euscadiensis, Armeria maritima subsp. miscella, Armeria pubigera subsp. depilata, Armeria pubigera subsp. pubigera, Centaurea borjae, Daucus gingidium subsp. atlanticum, Leucanthemum ircutianum subsp. crassifolium, Leucanthemum merinoi, Leucanthemum pluriflorum, Rumex acetosa subsp. biformis, Rumex rupestris, Sesamoides suffruticosa subsp. latifolia, Silene uniflora, Spergularia rupicola subsp. rupicola, and Trifolium occidentale. This species is distributed across coastal regions of northwestern Spain, ranging from Santander west to the Portugal-Spain border, and has an isolated disjunct population in the Berlengas archipelago off central-western Portugal.
