Zizia aurea
Family:
Apiaceae
Common Name(s):
Golden alexanders
Flowering Time:
May, June
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Schizocarp turns rich brown
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
Mid to late August
Seed Cleaning:
None required
Storage:
Dry
Restoration Potential:
Low to medium
Notes
Experimental seed addition in a small field study resulted in no seedling establishment after three years (Brudvig et al. 2011); however preferred habitat is prairie and open woodlands (Barkley 1986), and likely there was too little light in this forested study.
Cullina (2000) reports that when seeded into pots, seedlings came up well, and flowered the following summer.
Has low seed output and limited vegetative spread (Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991).
