Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders Golden zizia) is a flowering perennial forb of the carrot family (Apiaceae). Golden Alexanders is hardy in USDA zones 4-9. It can be found from New Brunswick to Saskatchewan 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.
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binomial authority
Carl Linnaeus
class
Magnoliopsida
division
Flowering plant
family
Apiaceae
genus
Zizia
kingdom
Plant
order
Apiales
synonym
*Smyrnium aureum (L.), *Zizia aurea f. obtusifolia (Bissell) Fernald ), *Zizia aurea var. obtusifolia (Bissell)
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