Zizia trifoliata

ClassificationDicots
FamilyApiaceae
Family (Traditional)Apiaceae
GenusZizia
Species:Zizia trifoliata (Michx.) Fernald
Common NameMeadow Alexanders
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Dissection: 1.5; Leaf Dissection: 2; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaf Venation: ternate; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Number: 3; Leaflet Number: 5; Leaflet Number: 7; Leaflet Number: 9; Leaflet Number: 10; Leaflet Number: 11; Leaflet Number: 12; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 0; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Fusion: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 7
StatusNative; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Calloway (KY), Pike (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Davidson (TN), Dickson (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Hickman (TN), Johnson (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), Marion (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
N/A Carter Tennessee 22 Apr 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU005522 Unicoi Tennessee 30 Apr 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU005492 Greene Tennessee 27 Aug 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU006966 Unicoi Tennessee 06 May 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161435 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161425 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161430 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161431 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161429 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
HTTU001832 Anderson Tennessee
HTTU
Zizia trifoliata
UCHT040309 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Zizia trifoliata
UCHT033573 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Zizia trifoliata
BRIT69905 Dickson Tennessee
VDB
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU033977 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU031014 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 12 Aug 1992 Ross C. Clark
22692
EKY
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161426 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161438 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
UCHT021299 Williamson Tennessee
UCHT
Zizia trifoliata
UCHT021298 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Zizia trifoliata
UCHT033576 Tennessee
UCHT
Zizia trifoliata
UCHT040485 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 12 Aug 1992 R.C. Clark
22692
EKY
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 13 May 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161439 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161428 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
UCHT021301 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Zizia trifoliata
UCHT033575 Tennessee
UCHT
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU009369 Washington Tennessee 26 Apr 2017 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU030248 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Washington Tennessee 18 May 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU006965 Unicoi Tennessee 30 May 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 02 May 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Carter Tennessee 31 Mar 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU005525 Unicoi Tennessee 23 Apr 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU006967 Greene Tennessee 28 Sep 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161434 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161440 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161432 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
UCHT021300 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Zizia trifoliata
UCHT021297 Perry Tennessee
UCHT
Zizia trifoliata
APSC0029434 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Zizia trifoliata
APSC0029358 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Zizia trifoliata
MTSU023584 Sumner Tennessee
MTSU
Zizia trifoliata
BRIT69906 Cocke Tennessee
VDB
Zizia trifoliata
31234100203320 Pike Kentucky 05 May 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
10038
EKY
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU005712 Carter Tennessee 01 Jul 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 08 Apr 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Johnson Tennessee 17 Aug 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 08 May 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU006373 Greene Tennessee 09 May 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161433 Lewis Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
MTSU023586 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Zizia trifoliata
MTSU023585 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU005516 Unicoi Tennessee 21 May 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU005524 Unicoi Tennessee 14 Apr 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 04 May 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Sullivan Tennessee 22 Apr 2017 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 14 Aug 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161436 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
BRIT69907 Carter Tennessee
VDB
Zizia trifoliata
BRIT69904 Lawrence Tennessee
VDB
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU026115 Hawkins Tennessee 14 May 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19279
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU030249 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU030250 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
APSC0029367 Carter Tennessee
APSC
Zizia trifoliata
MTSU023583 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Zizia trifoliata
BRIT69293 Hickman Tennessee 22 Jun 1982 Richard Carter
3096
VDB
Zizia trifoliata
BRIT69908 Carter Tennessee
VDB
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU031013 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
MEM010535 Calloway Kentucky 08 May 1973 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
73B8.5
MEM
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 13 May 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161424 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161427 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
TENN-V-0161437 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Zizia trifoliata
BRIT69903 Williamson Tennessee
VDB
Zizia trifoliata
BRIT69893 Williamson Tennessee
VDB
Zizia trifoliata
ETSU033974 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 14 May 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Zizia trifoliata
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