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§1 Plant
Zizia trifoliata (Michx.) Fernald
vernacular meadow alexanders — 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 150 counties across 9 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 150 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Davie 37059
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
South Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Appomattox 51011
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Carroll 51035
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Montgomery 51121
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ZITR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3034514 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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