Selinum carvifolia(L.) L.

little-leaf angelica

WFO wfo-0000434414 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Selinum carvifolia, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. a Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-30 / obs. 201850770
Selinum carvifolia, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. b Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152194831
Selinum carvifolia, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. c Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138733762
Selinum carvifolia, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. d Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138723860
Selinum carvifolia, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. e Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 174530872
Selinum carvifolia, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. f Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 174441650
Selinum carvifolia, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. g Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135514623
Selinum carvifolia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. h Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142589231

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Selinum carvifolia is native: Kazakhstan, West Siberia, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine KazakhstanWest SiberiaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyHungaryItalyNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Selinum carvifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Kazakhstan KAZ ASIA-TEMPERATE
West Siberia WSB

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 24 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Angelica carvifolia (L.) Vill.
  • Angelica carvifolia var. pratensis Wallr.
  • Angelica carvifolia var. prolifera Klett & Richt.
  • Angelica carvifolia var. sylvatica Wallr.
  • Athamanta caruifolia Weber
  • Carum sulcatum Steud.
  • Carvi sulcatum Bernh.
  • Cnidium carvifolium M.Bieb.
  • Laserpitium selinoides Scop.
  • Ligusticum carvifolia Caruel
  • Mylinum carvifolia (L.) Gaudin
  • Oreoselinum pseudocarvifolium Hoffm.
  • Peucedanum cuneifolium Vill. ex Steud.
  • Selinon carvifolium (L.) St.-Lag.
  • Selinum acutangulum Gilib.
  • Selinum angulatum Lam.
  • Selinum carvifolia-linnaei Jacq.
  • Selinum membranaceum Vill.
  • Selinum pratense Roehl.
  • Selinum pseudocarvifolia All.
  • Selinum seguirei Baumg.
  • Selinum silvaticum Roehl.
  • Selinum tenuifolium Salisb.
  • Seseli carvifolia L.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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