Connecticut Plants
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
The basal (lowest) leaves are heart-shaped. This distinguishes heart-leaf alexanders from golden alexanders, which has divided basal leaves.