Bai Zhi (Angelica dahurica)

Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Angelica dahurica is a BIENNIAL/PERENNIAL growing to 1.8 m (6ft). It is not frost tender. It is in flower from July to August, and the seeds ripen from August to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. The plant is self-fertile. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Leaves - cooked. — Leaves - cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Damp habitats in mountains, C. Japan. Thickets. In grasses of valleys, by streams or at forest edges in China. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)