Plants perennial, up to 2.5 m. Stem stout, villous below umbel. Leaves petiolate, sheaths ovate, glabrous; blade 2-pinnate, proximal pinnae 3-lobed; leaflets ovate to oblong-ovate, 5–7 × 2–4 cm, base cuneate, margin deeply and irregularly serrate-dentate, apex long-acuminate, glabrous. Peduncles long, villous; bracts absent; rays 15–25, unequal, 2–5 cm, villous; bracteoles ca. 8, lanceolate, apex long-aristate, villous. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals pinkish-white, obcordate. Young fruit ovoid-suborbicular (mature fruit unknown); lateral ribs winged; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Fl. and fr. Aug–Sep.

This rather poorly known species is recorded only from a few collections. Recent research suggests that it is conspecific with Angelica laxifoliata.

Thickets; 1300–1800 m. Chongqing (Chengkou), Hubei, C Sichuan (Guanxian).