Canadian Wild Lovage

Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Club 5 : 240. 1 894.
Ferula canadensis L. Sp. PI. 247. 1753.
? Angelica lobala Walt. Fl. Car. 115. 1788.
Ligusticum aclaeifolium of authors, not L. actaeifolium Michx. 1803.
Stout, caulescent, freely branched, 6-18 dm. high, glabrous throughout or the inflorescence slightly puberulent ; leaves ovate to orbicular in general outline, excluding the petioles 1 8-24 cm. long, 16-28 cm. broad, 3-4-ternate or 3-4-ternate-pinnate, the leaflets ovate to oblong or narrowly lanceolate, acute at the apex, usually distinct, petiolulate or sessile, 3-13 cm. long, 1-4 cm. broad, entire to coarsely serrate; petioles 15-25 cm. long; cauline leaves like the basal; peduncles alternate and verticillate, slender, 3-10 cm. long; involucre usually wanting; involucel of 2-5 linear or oblong bractlets, 3-4 mm. long, shorter than the flowers and fruit; rays 6-14, spreading-ascending, unequal, 1.5-3 cm. long; pedicels spreading-ascending, 3-4 mm. long; calyx-teeth evident; flowers white; fruit ovoid, 4-7 mm. long, 2-5 mm. broad, slightly compressed laterally, the ribs narrowly winged; oil-tubes 3 or 4 in the intervals, 6 on the commissure; seed flattened dorsally in cross section, the face slightly concave.
Type locality: Virginia, Clayton.
Distribution: Pennsylvania to Georgia, west to Missouri and Arkansas (Billmore Herb. 5549,

Ligusticum canadense, known by the common names of American lovage, boar hog root, and Canadian licorice-root, is a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is native to the eastern United States, primarily in Missouri, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina. Despite its name, the northern range of L. canadense remains hundreds of miles south of the Canadian border.