The essential oils obtained from roots of threeAngelicaL. species growing in France were analyzed by GC/MS. The dominant component in the root oil ofAngelica archangelicasubsp.archangelicavar.norvegica(Rupr.) Rikli, was δ-3-carene (13.0%), while the major component ofA. sylvestrisvar.elatiorWahlenb. root oil andA. heterocarpaLloyd root oil was nonane (18.7% and 5.2% respectively). One result of this study was that numerous volatile components found have never before been described as constituents of two of theAngelicaspecies examined. The chemical analyses present numerous systematic markers for each species and brings togetherA. sylvestrisandA. heterocarpa, in accordance with the biological observations.