| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Zinnia acerosa (DC.) A.Gray trib. Heliantheae |
| Bibliography | Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 105 (1852) |
| Native Range | Arizona to Texas and Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 700-1900m |
| Description | stem ramose, pilose, leaves uninerved, linear to subulate, scabrous, capitula solitary, involucre campanulate, phyllaries suborbiculate, obtuse, hirsute, ligules 7-10mm |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | white, pale yellow |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Crassina acerosa (DC.) Kuntze Crassina pumila (A.Gray) Kuntze Diplothrix acerosa DC. Zinnia pumila A.Gray |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest) |