Zizia aurea (Golden Zizia or Golden Alexander)

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Common Name:  Golden Zizia or Golden Alexander

Attracts:  Bees, Butterflies, Larval Host Plant

Use:  Naturalizing

Light:  Full Sun to Part Sun

Hardiness Zone:  3 to 8   USDA Zone Map

Soils:  Moist

Flower Time:  May - June

Flower Color:  Yellow, Chartreuse

Height:  1.5'-3'

Notes:  Zizia aurea (Golden Zizia) is a short-lived but self-seeding beauty, that supports unique, showy chartreuse/yellow umbels attractive to bees and many beneficial insects.

Host plant of VT Bee Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN):
Bombus rufocinctus (Red-Belted Bumble bee)
Hylaeus basalis (Cinquefoil Masked bee)
Perdita maculigera (Sandbar Willow Fairy bee)
Stelis foederalis (Federal Dark bee)
Stelis labiata (Labiate Dark bee)

Native to Eastern, Southern, Midwestern US:  Biota of North America Program (BONAP) – North American Plant Atlas (NAPA).