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Heart-leaved Alexanders (Meadow Zizia)
Zizia aptera
Heart-leaved alexanders is endangered in Connecticut.
• Family: Carrot (Apiaceae)
• Habitat: wood edges, thickets, shores
• Height: 1-3 feet
• Flower size: tiny flowers in a flat-topped cluster 2 inches across
• Flower color: yellow
• Flowering time: May to August
• Origin: native
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The basal (lowest) leaves are heart-shaped. This distinguishes heart-leaf alexanders from golden alexanders, which has divided basal leaves. |