§1 Plant
Zizia aurea (L.) W.D.J. Koch
vernacular golden zizia — species · Apiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Apiaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Zizia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 1,000 counties across 35 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 1,000 counties across 35 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 82 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Wayne 17191
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Benton 18007
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Miami 18103
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Rush 18139
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Wabash 18169
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Allamakee 19005
- Audubon 19009
- Boone 19015
- Buena Vista 19021
- Calhoun 19025
- Carroll 19027
- Cerro Gordo 19033
- Cherokee 19035
- Clay 19041
- Crawford 19047
- Dickinson 19059
- Emmet 19063
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Howard 19089
- Humboldt 19091
- Ida 19093
- Jackson 19097
- Jasper 19099
- Kossuth 19109
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Marshall 19127
- Mitchell 19131
- Monona 19133
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Palo Alto 19147
- Pocahontas 19151
- Polk 19153
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Ringgold 19159
- Sac 19161
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Taylor 19173
- Union 19175
- Webster 19187
- Winnebago 19189
- Winneshiek 19191
- Worth 19195
- Wright 19197
Kansas view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Chase 20017
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Riley 20161
- Shawnee 20177
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Allen 21003
- Boone 21015
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Franklin 21073
- Grant 21081
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
Louisiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Clinton 26037
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Saginaw 26145
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 80 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 89 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clinton 29049
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
- Wright 29229
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Caldwell 37027
- Chatham 37037
- Clay 37043
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Montgomery 37123
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Randolph 37151
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Swain 37173
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
North Dakota view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Henry 39069
- Huron 39077
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Mahoning 39099
- Miami 39109
- Montgomery 39113
- Morrow 39117
- Noble 39121
- Paulding 39125
- Pickaway 39129
- Richland 39139
- Scioto 39145
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 9 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jefferson 47089
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Bath 51017
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
West Virginia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Jefferson 54037
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Polk 55095
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Sheboygan 55117
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ZIAU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3034521 ↗Record version
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