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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zizia trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zizia trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zizia trifoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-14-003:
Zizia trifoliata FAMILY Apiaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizia bebbii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizia latifolia
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Golden-Alexanders
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JK Marlow jkm230325_2036
March Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230325_2039
March Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090412_070
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Basal leaflets mostly rounded to obtuse at apex, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090412_084
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090412_084b
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Each umbellet's central flwr staminate & pedicelled, or pistillate & sessile, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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JK Marlow jkm090412_088
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Teeth of leaflets coarse, avg (1)2-3(4)/cm of margin, acute to obtuse (the 2 sides angled ~ 90°), per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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JK Marlow jkm090412_092
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Basal leaves mostly 3-foliolate (or more divided), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm160426_591
April Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm160426_595
April Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm160426_599
April Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm200418_3953
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250424_2698
April Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120517_831b
May Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm140519_853
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160504_347
May Jackson County NC
Panthertown
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JK Marlow jkm0509j_27
September Transylvania County NC
Silver Run Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zizia trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zizia trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zizia trifoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-14-003:
Zizia trifoliata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizia bebbii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizia latifolia
1690
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, woodlands, and woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
All leaves: 3-or-more foliolate
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Spring
Golden yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Compound umbel with 4-10(-12) rays
FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p018?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p260
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p059
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p167
- 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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