Zinnia marylandica D.M.Spooner, Stimart & T.H.Boyle
About the genus · Zinnia
Zinnia is a genus of plants of the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are notable for their solitary long-stemmed 12-petal flowers that come in a variety of bright colors. The genus name honors 18th-century German scientist Johann Gottfried Zinn.
Quoted from Wikipedia, "Zinnia", CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Photographs
Photographs: Zythème, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; Dguendel, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Tournasol7, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (2); Mgold2999, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Related
Other Zinnia 7 in the reference
Zinnia acerosa Desert zinnia Photo: CC BY, Bruce Hartman
Zinnia angustifolia Narrowleaf zinnia Photo: CC BY, Alexis López Hernández
Zinnia elegans Youth-and-age Photo: CC0, author not stated
Zinnia grandiflora Rocky Mountain zinnia Photo: CC BY, Jo Roberts
Zinnia haageana Mexican zinnia Photo: CC BY-SA, Ángela Patricia Rojas Cortés
Zinnia maritima Palmer's zinnia Photo: CC BY, Alexis López Hernández
Zinnia peruviana Peruvian zinnia Photo: CC BY, aacocucci Names & registers
The record
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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
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