Zizia

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Zizia is a genus of flowering plants in the parsley family, Apiaceae. It was named after Johann Baptist Ziz (1779–1829), a German botanist from the Rhineland.^[2] It is native to North America.^[2]

Zizia
Zizia aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Subfamily:	Apioideae
Tribe:	Selineae
Genus:	Zizia W.D.J.Koch[1]
State-level distribution of Zizia in the United States

Like most other plants in the family, these produce compound umbels of flowers.^[3]

Species include:^[4]

• Zizia aptera (A. Gray) Fernald – heartleaf alexanders, meadowparsnip, meadow zizia
• Zizia aurea (L.) W.D.J. Koch – golden alexanders, golden zizia
• Zizia trifoliata (Michx.) Fernald – meadow alexanders