''Zinnia anomala'' is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, with the common name shortray zinnia. It is native to western Texas in the United States and also to the States of

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, and Zacatecas in northern Mexico.Flora of North America, ''Zinnia anomala'' A. Gray, 1852. Shortray zinnia
/ref> ''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.Gray, Asa. 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): plate X (10)
full page of line drawings of ''Zinnia anomala''

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anomala ''Anomala'' is a genus of shining leaf chafers in the family of beetles known as Scarabaeidae. There are at least 1,200 described species in ''Anomala''. A common characteristic behavior of beetles in ''Anomala'' is that most grubs of these ...

Flora of Mexico Flora of Texas Plants described in 1852 {{Heliantheae-stub