Zinnia anomala

Zinnia anomala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Zinnia
Species: Z. anomala
Binomial name
Zinnia anomala
A.Gray 1852
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassina anomala (A.Gray) Kuntze

Zinnia anomala is a North American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family, 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]

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