Scientific Name
Zizia trifoliate
Common Name
Meadow parsnip; Golden alexander
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
1 to 2 feet
Flower/fruit:
Compact umbel of small yellow flowers with five petals
Flowering Season:
Spring
Foliage:
1 to 2 inch leaves, ternately divided and sometimes redivided into lance- or egg-shaped, finely toothed leaflets
Site:
Open woodlands, forest margins, roadsides
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