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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...Moist

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

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-14-001:
Zizia aptera   FAMILY Apiaceae

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