Zizia aurea

Common Name
Golden-alexanders
Common golden-alexanders
Plant Form
Herbs
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
3.0
Growth Rate
Fast
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain

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Additional Info

Habitat: wooded bottomland, stream banks, moist meadows, floodplain

Wildlife Value: This plant attracts butterflies and specialized bees

Notes: Good spring yellow flowering plant. Best in a mass. Very adaptable and easy to grow. Each plant is short-lived but self-seeds slowly into a colony

Flower Color
Gold/Yellow
Flower Prominence
Conspicuous
Bloom Time
Spring
Bloom Month
April
May
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Shade
Moisture Requirements
Moist
Soil Texture
Clay
High organic matter
Loamy
Low Maintenance
Yes
Earth Sangha Inventory

Founded in 1997, the Earth Sangha is a nonprofit public charity based in the Washington, DC, region. The Wild Plant Nursery is the most comprehensive source of local-ecotype, native plants in the Washington DC region, and the region’s only facility dedicated exclusively to this type of propagation. “Local-ecotype” plants are propagated from local, wild, naturally-occurring populations and are well-adapted to local conditions and for wildlife species that depend on the local forms, such as pollinators. Inventory is updated on a weekly basis so number may not be accurate.

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