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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zizia aurea   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zizia aurea   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Zizia aurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-14-002:

Zizia aurea   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Zizia aurea

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Golden-Alexanders


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image of Zizia aurea, Common Golden-Alexanders

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ziau_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zizia aurea   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zizia aurea   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zizia aurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-14-002:
Zizia aurea   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizia aurea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1689

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, moist prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
All leaves: 3-or-more foliolate
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)

FLOWER:
Spring
Golden yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary

Compound umbel with (8-)10-18 rays

FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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