golden Alexanders

golden Al·ex·an·ders

(ăl′ĭg-zăn′dərz)

n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

A North American perennial herb (Zizia aurea) in the parsley family, having compound umbels of small yellow flowers and ternately compound leaves.

[Middle English alisaundre, probably from Medieval Latin (petroselīnum) Alexandrīnum, horse-parsley, after Alexander III.]

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Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea), one of my favorites for shady borders, is a Midwest native that grows about 2 feet tall.

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of Georgia, Athens) presents basic information on some 630 species and cultivars from Acontium (monkshood) to Zizia aurea (golden Alexanders).

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I'm also planning to move some young volunteer plants such as golden Alexanders and culver's root seedlings to the woodland edge.