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Photographer: Paul Drobot
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Family Apiaceae
Zizia aptera (A.Gray) Fernald
heart-leaved golden alexanders, heart-leaved meadow-parsnip
Zizia: for Johann Baptist Ziz, german botanist of late 18th and early 19th century
aptera: without wings
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall, branched, smooth forb from a thickened cluster of roots |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted; inflorescence a compound umbel, each umbellet with many irregularly-stalked flowers, the central flower often not stalked; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | dry, splitting into 2 seeds, - fruit: seed: |
| Leaf: | basal leaves undivided and with a heart-shaped base, coarsely toothed, long-stalked; upper leaves 1 or 2 times 3-parted |
| Habitat: | full sun; moderate moisture to wet; in sandy, loamy soil |
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