The bright golden flowers light up the edge of the woods in mid-spring; they belong to the umbel-bearing family Umbelliferae or Apiaciae, the parsley or carrot family, and they may remind you of a yellow version of Queen Anne’s Lace. These plants were blooming in Bird Park (in Mount Lebanon) and the Kane Woods Nature Area (Scott Township).
For a description of the species, see the Zizia aurea reference page.
