Apiaceae
Garden lovage
Levisticum officinale
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Levisticum
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Common names
By language (50)
- Afrikaans
- Lavas
- Arabic
- كاشم رومي, انجذان, كاشم, ليفيستيكوم
- arz
- كاشم رومى
- Azerbaijani
- Dərman levistiki
- Basque
- Mendi-apio
- Belarusian
- Любіста
- Bulgarian
- Девесил, Девисил, Дивесил, Дивисил, Лющян
- Catalan
- Api bord
- Chinese
- 欧当归
- Croatian
- Ljupčac
- csb
- Lëbiszk
- Czech
- Libeček lékařský
- Danish
- Løvstikke, Maggiurt
- Dutch
- Lavas, Bastaardselder, Lavaselder, Lubbestok, Maggikruid, Maggiplant
- English
- Garden lovage, Lovage, Wild celery
- Esperanto
- Levistiko
- Estonian
- Harilik leeskputk
- Finnish
- Liperi, Lipstikka, Rohtoliperi
- French
- Livèche, Ache de montagne, Ache des montagnes, Liveche, Livêche
- German
- Liebstöckel, Liebstock, Lusstock, Luststock, Maggikraut
- Greek
- Λεβιστικόν το φαρμακευτικόν
- Hebrew
- לאושטיאן, לאושטיין
- Hungarian
- Orvosi lestyán, Lestyán
- Icelandic
- Skessujurt
- Indonesian
- Angdan
- Irish
- Luáiste
- Italian
- Levistico, Sedano di monte
- Japanese
- ラベージ, ラビッジ, ラベッジ, ロベッジ, ロベージ
- Kazakh
- Сүйментамыр
- Korean
- 러비지
- Latvian
- Ārstniecības lupstājs
- Lithuanian
- Vaistinė gelsvė, Gelsvė
- Luxembourgish
- Léifstack, Majiskraut
- Macedonian
- Селен
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Løpstikke
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Løpstikke
- Occitan
- Api salvatge
- Persian
- انجدان رومی
- Polish
- Lubczyk ogrodowy, Lubczyk
- Portuguese
- Levístico
- Romanian
- Leuștean, Leuştean
- Russian
- Любисток, Заря лекарственная, Зоря лекарственная, Любисток лекарственный
- Serbian
- Selen
- sgs
- Liūbīstra
- Slovak
- Ligurček lekársky
- Slovenian
- Navadni luštrek, Luštrek, Belestica, Belestika, Ištek, Levstik, Leštjan, Ljubec
- Spanish
- Angélica montana, Apio de montaña, Apio silvestre de monte, Esmirnio, Legustico, Levistico, Levístico, Ligustico
- Swedish
- Libbsticka, Libsticka, Lipstika
- Ukrainian
- Любисток лікарський
- Welsh
- Llwfach
Synonyms
- Angelica levisticum (L.) All.
- Angelica paludapifolia Lam.
- Hipposelinum levisticum Britton & Rose
- Levisticum caucasicum Lipsky
- Levisticum levisticum H.Karst.
- Levisticum paludapifolium Asch.
- Levisticum persicum Freyn & Bornm.
- Levisticum vulgare Rchb.
- Levisticum vulgare Hill
- Ligusticum levisticum L.
- Selinum levisticum (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Patrick Le Mao, CC0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Scott Shanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.