Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Read more about Heartleaf Golden Alexanders at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zizia aptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-14-001:
Zizia aptera FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizia cordata
COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Golden-Alexanders, Heartleaf Alexanders
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7288
April Rabun County GA
Each umbellet's central flwr staminate & pedicelled, or pistillate & sessile, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
JK Marlow jkm190413_7290
April Rabun County GA
Basal leaves simple, long-petioled, w cordate base; stem lvs 1- or 2-ternate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zizia aptera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-14-001:
Zizia aptera
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizia cordata
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