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Zizia aurea (golden zizia; golden alexanders)

Synonyms: Sison aureum

Wikipedia Abstract

Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders, Golden zizia) is a flowering perennial forb of the carrot family. Golden Alexanders is hardy in USDA zones 4-9. It can be found from Quebec to Saskatoon in Canada, south to Florida and Texas in the United States. This native North American flower usually ranges in height from forty centimeters to seventy five centimeters tall but can sometimes grow taller. The leaves of the Golden Alexanders can up to eight centimeters long and five centimeters wide.
View Wikipedia Record: Zizia aurea

Attributes

Height [1]  29 inches (0.75 m)
Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  There is a report that the root might be toxic;
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Herb
View Plants For A Future Record : Zizia aurea

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Algonquin Provincial Park IV 1868802 Ontario, Canada
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area National Recreation Area V 120283 Kentucky, Tennessee, United States
Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway V 73611 North Carolina, Virginia, United States
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park V 19586 Maryland, District of Columbia, United States
Chickamauga & Chattanooga Nat'l Military Park National Military Park V 8248 Georgia, Tennessee, United States
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States
Gettysburg National Military Park V 3560 Pennsylvania, United States
Grand Rapids Audubon Club Maher Sanctuary 80 Michigan, United States
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park VI 715 West Virginia, United States
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore II 8272 Indiana, United States
Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park II 51235 Kentucky, United States
New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 55591 West Virginia, United States
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
Pipestone National Monument V 326 Minnesota, United States
Point Pelee National Park II 5764 Ontario, Canada
Prince Edward Island National Park II   Prince Edward Island, Canada  
Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve II 762028 Manitoba, Canada
Rock Creek Park   District of Columbia, United States
Rondeau Provincial Park II 5035 Ontario, Canada
Saint Lawrence Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Shenandoah National Park II 108221 Virginia, United States
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 20317 South Carolina, United States  
Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge VI 25823 Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States
Valley Forge National Historical Park VI 3509 Pennsylvania, United States

Providers

Pollinated by 
Agapostemon radiatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Alcidamea simplex <Unverified Name>[3]
Aldrichia ehrmanii[3]
Allognosta obscuriventris[3]
Alophora aeneoventris <Unverified Name>[3]
Ancistrocerus campestris[3]
Ancistrocerus tigris <Unverified Name>[3]
Andrena illinoensis <Unverified Name>[3]
Andrena nasonii[3]
Andrena sayi[3]
Anoplius illinoensis[3]
Apinops atra <Unverified Name>[3]
Apis mellifera (honey bee)[3]
Augochlora fervida <Unverified Name>[3]
Augochlora viridula <Unverified Name>[3]
Bibio albipennis (March fly)[3]
Bombias auricomus <Unverified Name>[3]
Bombias scutellaris <Unverified Name>[3]
Bombias separatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Bombus americanorum[3]
Bombus consimilis <Unverified Name>[3]
Bombus impatiens[3]
Botanophila inornata[3]
Brachysomida bivittata[3]
Calythea albicincta <Unverified Name>[3]
Centrias americanus <Unverified Name>[3]
Centrinites strigicollis[3]
Centrinus picumnus[3]
Ceratina dupla (Little carpenter bee)[3]
Ceratoma caminea <Unverified Name>[3]
Cheilosia hoodiana[3]
Chloralictus albipennis <Unverified Name>[3]
Chloralictus coreopsis <Unverified Name>[3]
Chloralictus pilosus <Unverified Name>[3]
Chloralictus pruinosus <Unverified Name>[3]
Chloralictus sparsus <Unverified Name>[3]
Chloralictus tegularis <Unverified Name>[3]
Chloralictus versatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Chloralictus zephyrus <Unverified Name>[3]
Chlorops proxima <Unverified Name>[3]
Chlorops pulverea <Unverified Name>[3]
Chrysogaster antitheus[3]
Cistogaster occidua <Unverified Name>[3]
Clytochrysus obscurus <Unverified Name>[3]
Cnephia pecuarum (southern buffalo gnat)[3]
Coccinella sanguinea <Unverified Name>[3]
Coenosia lacteipennis[3]
Colletes aestivalis[3]
Colletes inaequalis[3]
Cremastus epagoges <Unverified Name>[3]
Curtisapis coriacea <Unverified Name>[3]
Curtisapis forbesii <Unverified Name>[3]
Diabrotica vittata <Unverified Name>[3]
Ectemnius atriceps <Unverified Name>[3]
Empis distans[3]
Empis loripedis[3]
Episyron biguttatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Eristalis dimidiatus[3]
Eristalis stipator[3]
Eucoilidia canadensis <Unverified Name>[3]
Eumenes fraternus (potter wasp)[3]
Eurymus philodice <Unverified Name>[3]
Euschistus ictericus[3]
Everes comyntas <Unverified Name> (Eastern Tailed Blue)[3]
Evylaeus foxii <Unverified Name>[3]
Evylaeus pectoralis <Unverified Name>[3]
Exyston clavatus[3]
Gnathias ovatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Gonochrysis perpulchra <Unverified Name>[3]
Gymnoclytia immaculata[3]
Halictus lerouxii[3]
Halictus parallelus[3]
Helicobia helicis <Unverified Name>[3]
Helophilus fasciatus[3]
Helophilus latifrons[3]
Heodes hypophlaeas[3]
Hippelates plebejus[3]
Hister americanus <Unverified Name>[3]
Holonomada affabilis <Unverified Name>[3]
Holonomada superba <Unverified Name>[3]
Languria mozardi (clover stem borer)[3]
Leionotus anormis <Unverified Name>[3]
Leionotus clypeatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Leionotus foraminatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Leionotus histrionalis <Unverified Name>[3]
Leionotus illinoensis <Unverified Name>[3]
Leionotus megaera <Unverified Name>[3]
Leionotus perennis <Unverified Name>[3]
Leionotus scrophulariae[3]
Leionotus vagus <Unverified Name>[3]
Leionotus ziziae[3]
Leucostoma simplex[3]
Linnaemyia compta <Unverified Name>[3]
Liohippelates flavipes[3]
Lucilia caesar (Greenbottle Blow Fly)[3]
Lucilia sylvarum <Unverified Name>[3]
Lygus pratensis (Common Meadow Bug)[3]
Megilla maculata <Unverified Name>[3]
Melanagromyza aeneoventris[3]
Meromyza americana (wheat stem maggott)[3]
Mesogramma marginata[3]
Microstelis lateralis <Unverified Name>[3]
Morellia micans[3]
Nemotelus glaber[3]
Nomada denticulata[3]
Nomada sayi[3]
Ocyptera lata <Unverified Name>[3]
Odontalictus ligatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Olcella cinerea[3]
Onthophagus pennsylvanicus[3]
Opandrena cressonii <Unverified Name>[3]
Opandrena zizae <Unverified Name>[3]
Orthonevra pictipennis[3]
Oscinis soror <Unverified Name>[3]
Osmia atriventris (Maine blueberry bee)[3]
Osmia pumila[3]
Oxystoglossa confusa <Unverified Name>[3]
Oxystoglossa pura <Unverified Name>[3]
Oxystoglossa similis <Unverified Name>[3]
Pachyophthalmus signatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Paradidyma conica[3]
Paragus bicolor[3]
Paragus tibialis[3]
Paralictus platyparius <Unverified Name>[3]
Paralictus simplex <Unverified Name>[3]
Phorantha magna <Unverified Name>[3]
Phorantha purpurascens <Unverified Name>[3]
Phorbia acra <Unverified Name>[3]
Phorbia cinerella <Unverified Name>[3]
Phorbia platura <Unverified Name>[3]
Phormia regina (Black blowfly)[3]
Phyciodes tharos (Pearl crescent-spot)[3]
Plagiognathus obscurus (obscure plant bug)[3]
Plusia simplex <Unverified Name>[3]
Polistes fuscatus (Paper wasp)[3]
Prosopis pygmaea <Unverified Name>[3]
Prosopis sayi <Unverified Name>[3]
Prosopis ziziae <Unverified Name>[3]
Proteraner ranunculi <Unverified Name>[3]
Psammochares tenebrosus <Unverified Name>[3]
Pseudocrabro chrysargirus <Unverified Name>[3]
Pseudopyrellia cornicina <Unverified Name>[3]
Pseudosiobla excavata <Unverified Name>[3]
Rivellia pallida[3]
Sarcophaga sinuata[3]
Seladonia fasciata <Unverified Name>[3]
Sepsis flavimana[3]
Siphona geniculata[3]
Solenius interruptus <Unverified Name>[3]
Sphaerophoria cylindrica[3]
Sphecodes arvensis <Unverified Name>[3]
Sphecodium cressonii <Unverified Name>[3]
Sphegina rufiventris[3]
Sturmia nigrita <Unverified Name>[3]
Symmorphus walshianus <Unverified Name>[3]
Syritta pipiens (thick-legged hoverfly)[3]
Syrphus ribesii (Summer Fly)[3]
Tachina rustica[3]
Telephorus bilineatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Telephorus flavipes <Unverified Name>[3]
Tetralonia dilecta <Unverified Name>[3]
Thaumatomyia glabra[3]
Thecophora occidensis[3]
Tiphia clypeata <Unverified Name>[3]
Trachandrena claytoniae <Unverified Name>[3]
Trachandrena crataegi <Unverified Name>[3]
Trachandrena forbesii <Unverified Name>[3]
Trachandrena nuda <Unverified Name>[3]
Trichopoda pennipes (Tachina fly)[3]
Tropidia mamillata[3]
Xestocrabro texanus <Unverified Name>[3]
Xestocrabro trifasciatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Zodion fulvifrons[3]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank

Distribution

North America;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Kartesz J., Oct-2011, Umbellifers: World Umbellifer Database in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons License ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators. ♦ Edwin S. George Reserve, University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ♦ Maher Sanctuary, Grand Rapids Audubon Club
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank, Chicago Botanic Garden - February 2013