Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Zinnia anomala A.Gray trib. Heliantheae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 200-1500m |
Description | stems yellowish, ramose, leaves linear, strigose, 1-3cm, capitula solitary, involucre broadly cylindrical, bracts appressed hirsute, rounded, ciliate, ligules 0-8, to 6mm |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | 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 |
Territory |
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A. (Texas ) Mexico (Mexico Northeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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