Ligusticum canadense aka Nondo

Ligusticum canadense belongs to the Apiaceae family. It is a perennial, so it lives beyond one growing season. Its native range runs from southern Missouri into the eastern United States. Kew places it in the temperate zone. Plants For A Future lists Ohio and Pennsylvania within its range. It also lists Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. In the south, it lists the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama. That source also names Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The RHS gives angelica as a common name. The plant is not native to Britain or Ireland.

This plant forms a clump and has limited spread. This growth habit can help when planning a bed. The supplied records give no mature height or width for this species. They give no details about this species' leaves or stems. The RHS describes leaves and flowers for the wider genus. Those details do not show how this species looks. Nor do they tell us when this species flowers. The evidence gives no account of this species' fruit.

Plants For A Future says it accepts sun or part shade. It prefers moist soil to a dry growing site. It can grow in sand, loam, or clay. It also accepts soil that is mildly acid or mildly alkaline. Neutral soil suits it too. These records suggest some choice of soil and light. They do not show how well it copes with drought. Nor do they give a plan for when to water. The source lists cultivated beds and food forests as garden settings. The supplied evidence gives no hardiness zone for this plant. It gives no specific account of pests or diseases either.

The source lists leaves and young stems as edible parts. Plants For A Future describes cooking both parts before eating them. People have used young leaves as boiled greens. They have also cooked them with ramp leaves. People can dry the leaves and keep them for later use. The source rates its edibility at two out of five. It records a traditional use of chewing the root for stomach trouble. That account does not show that this treatment works. The source gives it a medicinal score of one out of five. It lists no known hazards, but that does not prove safety. It gives no separate review of risks to pets.