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2813

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Look for it in moist forests, openings, & woodland edges, per Weakley's Flora

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partial shade ...Moist

LEAVES:
Basal leaves simple (rarely 3-parted or divided); stem leaves ternately divided
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Golden yellow
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Compound umbel with 7-15 rays

FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
 Zizia aptera   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Zizia aptera   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 140-14-001:
 Zizia aptera   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

 

COMMON NAME:
 Heartleaf Golden Alexanders, Heartleaf Alexanders

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image of Zizia aptera, Heartleaf Golden Alexanders, Heartleaf Alexanders

JK Marlow    jkm120505_958

May    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

In Zizia each umbellet's central flower is sessile; vs. Thaspium all stalked, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.

image of Zizia aptera, Heartleaf Golden Alexanders, Heartleaf Alexanders

JK Marlow    jkm120505_958b

May    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

Basal leaves simple, long-petioled, w cordate base; stem lvs 1- or 2-ternate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.