The Faial Botanic Garden has, for the first time, in cultivation, the angelica species (𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴) in its collection of native and endemic plants of the Azores.

The germination tests of this species took place in the Azores Seed Bank, framed in action C3.1 “Conservation 𝘌𝘹-𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶” of the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project, which will conserve this and other species included in the Habitats Directive, whose populations will be are in an unfavorable state of conservation.

In this specific case, the angelica, a rare plant endemic to the Archipelago, which grows above 500-600 meters in altitude, preferably in humid or waterlogged habitats, such as the habitat of alpine and subalpine streams that is represented in the Botanic Gardens of Faial and includes large and rare endemic herbaceous plants.

In this world of endemic giants, the high humidity and availability of nutrients, low light and relief allow herbaceous species to grow in height, something that is common on islands, some of them reaching 3.5 meters in height, as is the case with angelica.

Visit us and get to know this and other rare species that are being cultivated in the Azores Native and Endemic Plants Collection.