Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zizia aptera
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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zizia aptera
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
Habitat: Prairies, moist forests, forest openings, open woodlands, and woodland edges, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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 (Midgley, 1999) p287
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p191
- 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
- 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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