''Zinnia angustifolia'', the narrowleaf zinnia,
is a herbaceous flowering plant
species of
zinnia native to northern and western Mexico and naturalized in parts of the
Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that generally includes Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Ne ...
. Hybrids between ''Z. angustifolia'' and other species of ''Zinnia'' are popular
garden plants.
Description
''Zinnia angustifolia'' is an annual or perennial
growing up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. The stems have many branches and the herbage is rough with short hairs.
The 2–7 cm × 4–8 mm (0.8-2.8 × 0.16-0.32 inches)
leaf blades are linear to narrowly elliptic. The heads of flowers have
involucres that are mostly hemispheric (shaped like a globe that is cut in half), usually much less than 1 cm high (0.4 inches) or wide. The flowers have bright orange or sometimes yellow ray corollas,
but in cultivated plants, the flowers may be white or a variety of other colors.
;Varieties of wild populations
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*''Zinnia angustifolia'' var. ''angustifolia''
*''Zinnia angustifolia'' var. ''littoralis'' (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) B.L.Turner
;Cultivars
This species has many ]cultivars
A cultivar is a type of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and when Plant propagation, propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and st ...
belonging to three classes:
*The Profusion series (''Zinnia angustifolia'' x ''elegans''): orange, cherry, double cherry, apricot, deep apricot, coral pink, fire or white flowers.
*The Star series: orange, white or gold flowers.
*The Crystal White cultivar: with white flowers.
References
angustifolia
Flora of Mexico
Plants described in 1818
Garden plants of North America
Butterfly food plants
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