What plant is that?
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Upper photos: © 2018 Donald Cameron
Lower photos: © Francis R. Underwood 2018
September’s mystery plant is a perennial with alternate, compound leaves meaning each leaf has 2 or more distinct leaflets. The leaflets are ovate and finely serrate. The 5-petaled yellow flowers are borne in umbels and the petals are reflexed. This plant grows 1 to 2½ feet tall, and begins to bloom in spring and continues through July to early August. It grows on flood plains, wet woods and moist fields.
It’s. . .
Botanical Name: |
Zizia aurea |
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Common Name: |
Golden Alexanders | |
Family: |
Apiaceae (Carrot Family) | |
Habitat: |
Floodplains, moist meadows |