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Angelica sylvestris
B tier
Angelica sylvestris is the botanical wild angelica of Europe—tall umbels, often purple-tinged stalks, and a place in ecological plantings more than classic French candying. Essential oil and flavour differ from archangelica; cooks should not treat them as identical. Species labelling prevents bakery mistakes. Experimental kitchens may candy young sylvestris stems but expect different colour and taste. Leaves are strong. Maintain respect for lookalike toxicity in the carrot family when harvesting wild.
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A. sylvestris was part of native European wetland and meadow flora.
Herbalists distinguished wild sylvestris from cultivated archangelica.
British flora texts detailed sylvestris as common wild angelica.
Conservation and wild-food writing kept sylvestris in responsible-use discussion.