Common Name: Golden Alexanders

Latin Name: Zizia aurea

Height: 2-3 feet tall

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: Yellow

Bloom Time: April - June

Water Use: Low to Medium

Soil: Medium-wet to Medium-dry. Loamy, sandy-clay, and average soils

Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade

Spreads via seeds

Host: Black Swallowtail caterpillar.

Pollinators: short-tongued bees such as green metallic bees, long-tongued bees such as bumblebees, cuckoo bees, and several types of wasps. 

Other Information: Supports Conservation Biological Control (A plant that attracts predatory or parasitoid insects that prey upon pest insects.)