Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Heartleaf Golden Alexanders at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-14-001:
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizia cordata
COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Golden Alexanders, Heartleaf Alexanders
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7288
April Rabun County GA
Each umbellet's central flwr staminate & pedicelled, or pistillate & sessile, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7290
April Rabun County GA
Basal leaves simple, long-petioled, w cordate base; stem lvs 1- or 2-ternate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7301
April Rabun County GA
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JK Marlow jkm120505_958
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-14-001:
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizia cordata
2813
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Prairies, moist forests, forest openings, open woodlands, and woodland edges, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Basal leaves simple (rarely 3-parted or divided); middle & upper stem leaves 3-foliolate
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Golden yellow
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Compound umbel with 7-15 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 p287
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p191
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p260
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p059
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p170
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p218
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p117