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Zizia aptera

Common Name: Heart-leaved Alexander
Botanical Name: Zizia aptera
Family: Apiaceae
Light: sun/part shade
Height: 12-16 inches
Bloom: May-June
Spacing: 12 inches
Color: bright yellow
Features:
NEW ENGLAND WOODLANDER-This native has attractive glossy evergreen leaves shaped like tiny shovels. Its lacy yellow umbels appear in late spring followed by purplish seed capsules. A great colonizer and butterfly plant. Prefers moist soil. Zones:4-9. Care tips: To prevent reseeding, cut faded flowers back to basal growth.

Native New England perennials. Nursery propagated, grown in New Hampshire.





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