WorldFloraDB - Zizia aptera

Characteristics

Basal lvs and occasionally the lower cauline ones simple, long-petioled, deltoid-ovate or round-ovate to oblong-ovate, cordate at base; cauline lvs once or twice ternate, the lfls lance-ovate to obovate-oblong; rays at anthesis 1–3 cm, at maturity ascending, to 5 cm; fr oblong-ovate, 3–4 mm; 2n=22. Moist meadows and open woods; N.Y. to Man. and B.C., s. to Ga., Mo., and Colo. May, June. Our plants are var. aptera. (Z. cordata)

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.45 - 0.68

Root system

fibrous-root

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zone 4.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-40
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-