![Heart-leaf Golden Alexanders, Meadow Zizia - Zizia aptera 1](https://tnyards.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/170/2021/02/heart_leaf-golden-alexanders_zizia_aptera_john_hilty.jpg)
Photo Courtesy of John Hilty http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/
Common Name: Heart-leaf Golden Alexanders, Meadow Zizia
Full to part sun, moderately dry to dry moisture level, sandy or clay soils, pH tolerant. 1-3 feet height, blooms in spring, yellow flowers, will naturalize.
Germination Code: M/C(60), G
Native Region: East and Middle Tennessee
Showy flowers on an easy to grow plant. Short-lived. Member of the Parsley Family and is larval host for the Black Swallowtail butterfly. Attracts butterflies and bees.
![Heart-leaf Golden Alexanders, Meadow Zizia - Zizia aptera 2](https://tnyards.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/170/2021/02/heart_leaf-golden-alexanders_zizia_aptera_3_john_hilty.jpg)
![Heart-leaf Golden Alexanders, Meadow Zizia - Zizia aptera](https://tnyards.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/170/2021/02/heart_leaf-golden-alexanders_zizia_aptera_2_john_hilty.jpg)