Zinnia anomala
| Zinnia anomala | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Genus: | Zinnia |
| Species: | Z. anomala |
| Binomial name | |
| Zinnia anomala A.Gray 1852 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
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
- ^ The Plant List, Zinnia anomala A.Gray
- ^ a b c Flora of North America, Zinnia anomala A. Gray, 1852. Shortray zinnia
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Gray, Asa. 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): 106 description in parallel English and Latin
- ^ Gray, Asa. 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): plate X (10) full page of line drawings of Zinnia anomala
