| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Zinnia anomala A.Gray trib. Heliantheae |
| Bibliography | Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 106 (1852) |
| Native Range | Texas to ne. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Crassina anomala (A.Gray) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |