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Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (C. B. Cl.) G. Singh & G. M. Oza, Forest. Fl. Srinagar 183 err. 2 1987. (Syn: Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (C. B. Cl.) G. Singh; Angelica archangelica var. himalaica (C. B. Cl.) Nasir; Angelica archangelica f. himalaica (C. B. Cl.) Weinert; Angelica oreadum (Diels) M. Hiroe; Archangelica officinalis var. himalaica C. B. Cl.; Archangelica oreadum Diels) as per Catalogue of Life;
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Angelica oreadum (DIELS) M.HIROE, Umbell. World: 1430 (1979) (“oreada”) { Archangelica oreadum DIELS in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 14:353 (1939) = Archangelica officinalis (MOENCH) HOFFM. var. himalaica C.B.CLARKE in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 707 (1879), p.p. { Angelica archangelica L. var. himalaica (C.B.CLARKE) KRISHNA & BADHWAR in J. Sci. Ind. Res. 11: 251 (1952); NASIR in Fl. West Pakist. 20: 126 (1972). {L.f. Angelica archangelica himalaica (C. B. CLARKE) WEINERT in Feddes Repert. 84 (4): 310 (1973). {Angelica archangelica L. subsp. himalaica (C.B.CLARKE) G. SINGH in Forest Fl. Srinagar: 183 (1976); G. SINGH & G.M. OZA in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 16 (14): 168 (1977, “1974”) as per efi thread;
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N-India (W-Himalaya), Nepal, Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Astor, Deosai), Jammu
& Kashmir (Dras, Kashmir), Pakistan (Hazara) as per Catalogue of Life (Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (C. B. Cl.) G. Singh & G. M. Oza); . an-JEL-ee-kuh or an-GEL-ee-kuh — like an angel, angelic … Dave’s Botanary or-ee-AY-duh or oh-REE-uh-duh — of the mountains … compiled from web . commonly known as: mountain angelica • Bhutia: ཁོ་མོག། khomog • Dogri: चोरा chora • Garhwali: चोरू choru • Kashmiri: चोहुर् chohur • Kumaoni: चोरू choru • Ladakhi: ལྕ་བ། lcha-ba, རྩ་རོང tsa ron • Pahari: चोरा chora • Sanskrit: चण्डा chanda • Shina: मौहर छड़ mauhar chhad
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DV :: 02 AUG 12 – 0821 :: Angelica ¿ archangelica ? at Valley of Flowers: Habitat: sloping meadow Yes it is Angelica archangelica Better known as Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (Clarke) G. Singh, a name I had proposed in 1976, as other accepted infraspecific taxa are recognised at subspecific level only. Never mind Unresolved status at the PLant List. That should be their problem not ours. Very happy to know the name Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (Clarke) G. Singh The Himalayan Angelica seems to have gone through a churning, a samudra-manthan! .
VOF Week: Apiaceae sp — Angelica??? along Govindghat-Ghangaria route: I think Angelica archangelica .
VoF Week: Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (Clarke) G. Singh from Valley of Flowers: 14 images. Yes … Thanks for this complete set with flowers and fruits (helping to separate from Heracleum candicans, whose habit and leaves look similar, but are white beneath). Unfortunately I have yet to capture it, though have herbarium collection. Since we are following Catalogue of Life which treats Angelica oreadum (Diels) M. Hiroe as synonym for Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (C. B. Cl.) G. Singh & G. M. Oza, I wonder why we have it on our database as A. oreadum Now : Angelica oreada (Diels) M.Hiroe .
VOF Week: Apiaceae sp. from VOF: 11 images. This herb was found to be dominating the landscape of Valley (VOF). I think this to be some Angelica sp (Family: Apiaceae). … this plant I labelled in my photostream as Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (Clarke) G. Singh … … G. Singh = our Gurcharan ji. Great. Thanks … for the inputs and Special thanks to … So i am treating this plant as Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (Clarke) G. Singh and i am happy that this plant has very close association with Dr Gurcharan Singh ji. Plant with so beautiful scenes………….. Yes … has well illustrated it in his upload. .
VOF Week 300812_DS_05: I hope Angelica archangelica subsp. himlalaica .
VoF Week : MN 010912 Heracleum lallii (Himalayan Hogweed): I think Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica. Thanks … for the ID and clarification. .
VoF Week : MN 01092012 Heracleum lallii (Himalayan Hogweed): Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica . Yes … Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica .
Apiaceae Fortnight :: Angelica oreadum :: Valley of Flowers :: DVJUN01/01 : 3 posts by 3 authors. 5 images.
Angelica oreadum (Diels) M.Hiroe
syn. Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (Clarke) G. Singh at Valley of Flowers on August 2, 2012 Thanks … the landscape is inviting !! .
Apiaceae Fortnight (June 2015):: Angelica archaengelica ssp. himalaica from VoF:: NS-33/33 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7)
I request to validate the id for this robust herb from Valley of Flowers.. my labelling to these pics is:-
Angelica archaengelica ssp. himalaica (Clarke) G. Singh Thanks for sharing … .
Fwd: Angelica archangelica var. himalaica in Kashmir : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Here with what appears to be another new entry for eFI.
Presumably the images I attach are of Angelica archangelica L. var. himalaica (C.B.Clarke) E.Nasir?
Numbers 1-4 photographed near Khelanmarg
Number 5 scanned in from a slide taken in the late 1980s in a UK garden.
According to the up-to-date version of ‘The Plant List’ I have just accessed for the first time this variety and a subspecies of the same name by G.Singh are unresolved names.
Stewart knew this plant as Archangelica officinalis var. himalaica, the largest umbel in N.Pakistan & Kashmir, common by streams (where the specimen photographed in the images below was located walking down from Khelanmarg to Gulmarg last time I was in Kashmir) and seepages @ about 3000-3600m.
Apparently this species is found in Central Nepal according to Bulletin of the Medicinal Plants of Nepal (within ‘Flora of Kathmandu Valley’ it is recorded from 2200m on Phulchoki) – though the genus is complicated with the authors of ‘Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal’ considering that a complete monographic study was needed to clarify relationships in this complex of closely-related species.
Angelica cyclocarpa is also recorded from Nepal. Flowers of the Himalaya says this species is found from Central Nepal to SE Tibet.
Hooker in FBI recorded Angelica officinalis from Kashmir & Sikkim. But ‘Flora of Bhutan’ makes no mention of this species.
He also recorded Angelica glauca from Kashmir to Shimla – which I shall comment upon in a future post.
Interestingly, Angelica archangelica was formerly cultivated (for centuries) and now +/- naturalised on river banks and in waste places, locally abundant in the UK. I live in what was the county of Buckinghamshire. There is an old record (in Gerard’s Herbal of 1597) for this plant nearby. At that time the stems, candied were a favourite sweetmeat or etiolated, eaten as a celery. Gerard claimed it was a remedy against the plague! The species is recorded from Greeland, Iceland, Scandinavia, much of Europe and Central Russia, though not all countries as a native plant but has become widely naturalised.
Thanks, … Pl. also see Angelica oreada (current accepted name). Thanks for informing me of the current accepted name. As stated previously, this plant has certainly undergone some name changes over the years!
But whatever the current taxonomic treatment/nomenclature, I’m afraid the images from Uttarakhand on this site do not to me, seem to match well what I understand to be ‘Angelica’ – what was Angelica archangelica.
My photos are consistent with pressed specimens in the Kew herbarium of what is now A.oreada.
The overall habit of those images from Uttarakhand do not match those I have just posted taken below Khelanmarg.
Admittedly, I have not seen the plant in flower and the fruits on the specimen I photographed were more advanced than on those specimens photographed in Uttarakhand (though still not mature – and mature fruits are often required to properly check such characteristics).
My FIRST concern is that whilst what is now Angelica oreada, does (at least the forms in the UK which were recognised as a subspecies of Angelica archangelica) whilst having numerous linear bracteoles, its bracts were absent or few, caducous.
On my specimen I can see no bracts – the shots not close-up enough to see the bracteoles, whereas the Uttarakhand specimens have both prominent bracteoles and bracts
I do consider this needs looking into further. Only a QUICK preliminary look on my part – shall inspect further when time permits.
Would welcome the thoughts of others. Perhaps it can be explained away by variation between forms in Kashmir cf. those in Uttarakhand but not sure about this. Apiaceae is a TOUGH family identification-wise.
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Apiaceae-5 for ID :: VOF, Uttarakhand :: Aug 2018 :: ARKDEC-07 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Saw this in the Valley of flowers, Uttarakhand in Aug 2018. Requested to please provide ID? Is this Selinum wallichianum?
Looks different from images at To me appears close to Angelica oreadum (DIELS) M.HIROE
Pl. check.
. Nepali name of Angelica oreada (Diels) M.Hiroe: It has got no distribution in Nepal.
I referred to your post :: https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/MuqKiRULsdM/m/a2RLZQFpAQAJ
In the post, we find mention of Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (C.B.Clarke) G.Singh being listed in Flora of Phulchoki. ID of this sp. is not yet concluded and not listed in the efi. . Names of Plants in India :: Angelica oreada (Diels) M.Hiroe: 1 image. an-JEL-ee-kuh or an-GEL-ee-kuh — like an angel, angelic … Dave’s Botanary
or-ee-AY-duh or oh-REE-uh-duh — of the mountains … compiled from web commonly known as: mountain angelica • Bhutia: ཁོ་མོག། khomog • Dogri: चोरा chora • Garhwali: चोरू choru • Kashmiri: चोहुर् chohur • Kumaoni: चोरू choru • Ladakhi: ལྕ་བ། lcha-ba, རྩ་རོང tsa ron • Pahari: चोरा chora • Sanskrit: चण्डा chanda • Shina: मौहर छड़ mauhar chhad botanical names: Angelica oreada (Diels) M.Hiroe … homotypic synonyms: Archangelica oreadum Diels … heterotypic synonyms: Angelica archangelica var. himalaica (C.B.Clarke) S.Krishna & Badhwar • Angelica archangelica f. himalaica (C.B.Clarke) Weinert • Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica (C.B.Clarke) G.Singh • Archangelica officinalis var. himalaica C.B.Clarke … and more at POWO, retrieved 29 May 2026 Bibliography / etymology / notes
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
mountain angelica
~~~~~ BHUTIA ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan (འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་) … spoken in: Sikkim … other names for this language: Sikkimese, Drenjongké, Dranjoke, Denjongka, Denzongpeke, Denzongke … spoken by: Bhutia community of Sikkim
ཁོ་མོག། khomog
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) … spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir … spoken by the Dogras
चोरा chora
~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) … spoken in: Uttarakhand
चोरू choru
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), … spoken in: Kashmir … other names for this language: Koshur
चोहुर् chohur
~~~~~ KUMAONI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari … spoken in: Uttarakhand
चोरू choru
~~~~~ LADAKHI ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan (ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་) … spoken in: Ladakh
ལྕ་བ། lcha-ba
རྩ་རོང tsa ron
~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) … variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand
चोरा chora
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) … used all over India by priests and scholars
चण्डा chanda
~~~~~ SHINA ~~~~~
oral language, written in: Arabic (Nastaliq) (ݜݨیاٗ) / Urdu / Devanagari / English … spoken in: Gurez valley of Jammu and Kashmir, Dras valley of Ladakh … spoken by: Shina community
मौहर छड़ mauhar chhad
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand
~~~~~ Created on: 21:17 29-05-2026 ¦ Last updated: 21:33 30-05-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2026/05/angelica-oreada-diels-mhiroe.html . SMP:: VOF 63:: PLANT FOR ID :: JULY 2026: 3 images. Angelica oreada (Diels) M.Hiroe Yes, appears close as per images at . SMP:: VOF 81:: Angelica oreada :: JULY 2026: 3 images. . SMP:: VOF 81:: Angelica oreada :: JULY 2026: 3 images.
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Angelica archangelica subsp. himalaica
Updated on September 10, 2026