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Zinnia acerosa
About
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.
- Family
- Asteraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Zinnia acerosa
- Slug
- zinnia-acerosa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Zinnia
- Species
- acerosa
- Wikidata QID
- Q979508
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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