Zinnia_anomala

<i>Zinnia anomala</i>

Zinnia anomala

Species of flowering plant

Zinnia anomala is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, with the common name shortray zinnia.[2] It is native to western Texas[3] in the United States and also to the States of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Zacatecas in northern Mexico.[2]

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Zinnia anomala is a profusely branched subshrub perennial up to 12 cm (8 inches) tall. Leaves are very narrow, up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) long. The plant produces only one flower head per branch, each head containing about 20 red disc florets, sometimes with no ray florets, other times with 5-8 yellow rays.[2][4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    The Plant List, Zinnia anomala A.Gray
  2. [2]
    Flora of North America, Zinnia anomala A. Gray, 1852. Shortray zinnia
  3. [3]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. [4]
    Gray, Asa. 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): 106 description in parallel English and Latin
  5. [5]
    Gray, Asa. 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): plate X (10) full page of line drawings of Zinnia anomala


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