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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zizia aurea
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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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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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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p286
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p191
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p018?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p220
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p159
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p226
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p260
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p059
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p170
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p167
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p038
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p218
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p117
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