Common Name: Golden Alexanders

Latin Name: Zizia aurea

Height: 3 feet tall

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: Yellow

Bloom Time: April - June

Water Use: Low to Medium

Soil: Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry

Light Requirement: Full Sun, Partial Shade

Spreads via seeds

Host Plant: Black Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars.

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.)