Zizia
Genus of flowering plants
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Zizia is a genus of flowering plants in the parsley family, Apiaceae. It was named after Johann Baptist Ziz (1779–1829), a German botanist from the Rhineland.[2] It is native to North America.[2]
| Zizia | |
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| Zizia aurea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Selineae |
| Genus: | Zizia W.D.J.Koch[1] |
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| State-level distribution of Zizia in the United States | |
Like most other plants in the family, these produce compound umbels of flowers.[3]
Species include:[4]
- Zizia aptera (A. Gray) Fernald – heartleaf alexanders, meadowparsnip, meadow zizia
- Zizia aurea (L.) W.D.J. Koch – golden alexanders, golden zizia
- Zizia trifoliata (Michx.) Fernald – meadow alexanders
