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27-Aug-2021 John Tangney

JCT02174p.jpg

Cape Kiwanda, Oregon Coast, USA

Here is the info I got from the Oregon State Parks on this flower:

The species you photographed is an Angelica species. Probably Angelica hendersonii – AKA “Henderson’s angelica” or “woolly angelica”. It is a common species of dunes and headlands on the Oregon coast. The one depicted has a slightly unusual flower head shape… they are often more like this: http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Angelica%20hendersonii

There is another Angelica that occurs in similar places, Angelica lucida, or “sea-watch”. Henderson’s has hairy leaves, whereas sea-watch has hairless leaves.

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