Apiaceae
Golden alexanders
Zizia aurea
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Zizia
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Common names
By language (2)
- arz
- زيزيا اوريا
- English
- Golden alexanders, Golden zizia
Synonyms
- Carum aureum Benth. & Hook.f.
- Sison aureum Spreng.
- Smyrnium acuminatum Sm.
- Smyrnium aureum L.
- Smyrnium luteum Muhl.
- Thaspium aureum (L.) Nutt.
- Zizia aurea f. aurea
- Zizia aurea f. obtusifolia (Bissell) Fernald
- Zizia aurea var. acuminata (Sm.) DC.
- Zizia aurea var. obtusifolia Bissell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.