|
Photographer: Merel R. Black
|
Family Apiaceae
Zizia aurea (L.) W.D.J.Koch
common golden alexanders, golden alexanders, golden zizia
Zizia: for Johann Baptist Ziz, german botanist of late 18th and early 19th century
aurea: Latin for "golden"
|
|
| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-2' tall, branched, smooth forb |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted; inflorescence a compound umbel, 10-18 umbellets of many, irregularly-stalked flowers, the central flower often not stalked; blooms May-July |
| Fruit: | dry, splitting into 2 seeds, - fruit: seed: |
| Leaf: | basal leaves 2 times 3-parted, upper leaves mostly 3-parted; leaflets with fine, even teeth |
| Habitat: | full sun to shade; moderate moisture to wet; in sandy, loamy soil |
| (Glossary) |
|
 W.D.J.Koch&phog=Botanical Illustration&spcode=ZIZAUR)
 W.D.J.Koch&phog=Merel R. Black&spcode=ZIZAUR)
 W.D.J.Koch&phog=Merel R. Black&spcode=ZIZAUR)
 W.D.J.Koch&phog=Merel R. Black&spcode=ZIZAUR)
 W.D.J.Koch&phog=Merel R. Black&spcode=ZIZAUR)
 W.D.J.Koch&phog=Christopher Noll&spcode=ZIZAUR)
 W.D.J.Koch&phog=Christopher Noll&spcode=ZIZAUR)
 W.D.J.Koch&phog=Robert W. Freckmann&spcode=ZIZAUR)
 W.D.J.Koch&phog=Steve C. Garske&spcode=ZIZAUR)
 W.D.J.Koch&phog=Steve C. Garske&spcode=ZIZAUR)
 W.D.J.Koch&phog=Steve C. Garske&spcode=ZIZAUR)
