Zinnia acerosa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Zinnia
- Species
- Zinnia acerosa
- Scientific Name
- Zinnia acerosa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Zinnia acerosa
Zinnia acerosa is a low-growing perennial flowering plant native to the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Common names include desert zinnia, wild zinnia, white zinnia, and spinyleaf zinnia. It is a popular landscape plant in the southwest due to its low water use and long bloom period. The flowers also serve as a food source for southwestern butterflies.
In the United States, Zinnia acerosa grows in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas. In Mexico, it has been found in Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí.
Zinnia acerosa is a small, branching subshrub up to 16 cm (6.4 inches) tall. Leaves are very narrow, sometimes needle-shaped, up to 2 cm (0.8 inches) long. The plant produces flower head one per stem, each head with 4-7 yellow or white ray florets surrounding 8-13 yellow or purple disc florets.
...Zinnia acerosa in languages:
- English
- desert zinnia
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Zinnia acerosa
- Zinnia americana
- Zinnia angustifolia
- Zinnia anomala
- Zinnia austrotexana
- Zinnia bicolor
- Zinnia citrea
- Zinnia elegans
- Zinnia flavicoma
- Zinnia grandiflora
- Zinnia haageana
- Zinnia juniperifolia
- Zinnia leucoglossa
- Zinnia maritima
- Zinnia marylandica
- Zinnia microglossa
- Zinnia oligantha
- Zinnia peruviana
- Zinnia purpusii
- Zinnia tenella
- Zinnia tenuis
- Zinnia venusta
- Zinnia zamudiana
- Zinnia zinnioides































































































































































