Heart-Leaf Golden Alexanders, Meadow Parsnip

This plant is a larval food for Black swallowtail caterpillars.

Usually about 2 feet tall, bearing a cluster of several leafy stems containing bright yellow flowers in compound umbels.

U...Read Moresually found in moist meadows, open woods, streambanks and low ground.

This genus is named for John Ziz, who lived around the turn of the 19th century.

I love this little plant. It is non invasive, but seeds itself moderately, one or two plants a year. It is very hardy here in Massachus...Read Moreetts. It is a pretty plant with nice green leaves, around 8" high.Behaves itself. Green all summer. I also have, probably, an acid soil or thereabouts, and I never water it.Love it