Quercus

Common Golden-Alexanders

Zizia aurea

Native to South Carolina (estimated)

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

3CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC

Genus host records with ranges including SC · Zizia

  • Papilio polyxenesBlack Swallowtail
  • Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
  • Epermenia pimpinella
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
10BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Zizia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
1Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Zizia

  • Andrena ziziae
Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Beetles 7
  • Acmaeops nigripennis
  • Centrinites strigicollis
  • Centrinus picumnus
  • Coccinella sanguinea
  • Diabrotica 12-punctata
  • Hister americanus
  • Onthophagus pennsylvanicus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Flies 37
  • Agromyza aeneoventris
  • Aldrichia ehrmanii
  • Bibio albipennis
  • Calythea albicincta
  • Ceratomyiella conica
  • Chilosia petulca
  • Chlorops assimilis
  • Chlorops proxima
  • Chlorops pulverea
  • Cistogaster occidua
Show all 37
  • Coenosia lacteipennis
  • Empis distans
  • Empis loripedis
  • Eristalis latifrons
  • Helophilus latifrons
  • Hippelates plebejus
  • Lucilia sylvarum
  • Meromyza americana
  • Morellia micans
  • Nemotelus glaber
  • Phorantha magna
  • Phorantha purpurascens
  • Phorbia cinerella
  • Phormia regina
  • Rivellia pallida
  • Sarcophaga sinuata
  • Sciara atrata
  • Sepsis violacea
  • Simulium pecuarum
  • Siphona geniculata
  • Siphonella cinerea
  • Sphaerophoria cylindrica
  • Sturmia nigrita
  • Syrphus ribesii
  • Tachina rustica
  • Trichopoda pennipes
  • Zodion fulvifrons

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Adult butterflies / moths 3
  • Heodes hypophlaeas
  • Phyciodes tharos
  • Plusia simplex

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 13
  • Ancistrocerus tigris
  • Anoplius illinoensis
  • Ectemnius atriceps
  • Eumenes fraternus
  • Leionotus clypeatus
  • Leionotus illinoensis
  • Leionotus megaera
  • Leionotus perennis
  • Leionotus scrophulariae
  • Leionotus vagus
Show all 13
  • Oxybelus 4-notatus
  • Polistes variatus
  • Tiphia clypeata

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other insects 2
  • Lygus pratensis
  • Plagiognathus obscurus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Apiaceae
Hardiness
Zones 3a–8b
Flower color
Yellow

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Common Golden Alexanders; Golden Alexanders; Golden Zizia

Conservation status

South Carolina rankNot available
Global rankG5
SC statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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