species 5,966 observations
Heart-leaf Golden Alexanders
Zizia aptera
Field notes
Zizia is a genus of flowering plants in the parsley family, Apiaceae. It was named after Johann Baptist Ziz (1779–1829), a German botanist from the Rhineland. It is native to North America.
Like most other plants in the family, these produce compound umbels of flowers.
Species include:
Zizia aptera (A. Gray) Fernald – heartleaf alexanders, meadowparsnip, meadow zizia
Zizia aurea (L.) W.D.J. Koch – golden alexanders, golden zizia
Zizia trifoliata (Michx.) Fernald – meadow alexanders
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Anise Swallowtail, Old World Swallowtail, Clemens' Agonopterix, Black Swallowtail
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Golden-Alexanders Mining Bee, Broad-faced Masked Bee
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Clouded Sulphur, Common Ringlet, Spotted Pink Lady Beetle, Eastern Pine Elfin
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Light
- Full sun Part shade
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil pH
- Neutral
- Plant type
- Wildflower Herbaceous perennial
From NC State Extension, USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.