Zinnia peruviana
Summary 6
Zinnia peruviana, common name Peruvian Zinnia, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
Description 7
Erect annual herb, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves opposite along the stems, subsessile, narrowly oblong-ovate, up to c. 4 cm long, 3-veined from the base, roughly hairy and glandular on both surfaces; margin entire. Capitula terminal, solitary, up to 4 cm in diameter; peduncle 2-7 cm long, gradually thickening towards the top. Disk florets yellow surrounded by a conspicuous whorl of spreading, broadly rounded orange-red ray-florets.
Sources and Credits
- (c) García-Martínez Miguel A., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by García-Martínez Miguel A.
- (c) 2007 Zoya Akulova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=211606&one=T
- (c) Anthony Mendoza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5065091750_0fe6212e29.jpg
- (c) Ingrid P. Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10211388
- (c) Bart Wursten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/16/160330-1.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinnia_peruviana
- (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/30290416
More Info
- iNat taxon page
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- Atlas of Living Australia
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- Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
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- SEINet Symbiota portals
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- USDA PLANTS database
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