Youth-and-age
Zinnia elegans
The story
The elegant zinnia carries a tapestry of names across different cultures. In English, it is poetically referred to as youth-and-age. Meanwhile, in Chinese, it is known by names such as "百日草" (hundred-day herb) and "步步登高" (climbing higher step-by-step), reflecting the global appreciation for this resilient annual flower that originated in Mexico.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, Wikidata, en.wikipedia.org
- Family
- Asteraceae
How to use it
This species is widely grown as an ornamental plant. Although native to Mexico, it has been introduced and grown so extensively that it has naturalized in several regions, including the United States, the West Indies, South and Central America, Italy, and Australia.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
About
Zinnia elegans, known as youth-and-age, common zinnia or elegant zinnia, an annual flowering plant of the genus Zinnia, is one of the best known zinnias. It is native to Mexico but grown as an ornamental in many places and naturalised in several places including scattered locations in South and Central America, the West Indies, the United States, Australia, and Italy.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Zinnia Elegans
- Slug
- zinnia-elegans
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Zinnia
- Species
- elegans
- Category
- Flower
- Wikidata QID
- Q15245321
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48
Generated sections & citations
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- gbif (taxonomy)
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- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinnia_elegans
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- wikidata (common_name)
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- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinnia elegans
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