Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.

Creeping zinnia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Sanvitalia

Characteristics

Stems procumbent to erect, 3–15 cm. Leaf blades ovate to lance-linear, 10–60 × 4–31 mm. Phyllaries 13–21, unequal. Ray corollas 2–9 mm. Cypselae: rays 2.5–3.5 mm with awns 1–3 mm, clearly 3-faced, adaxial faces often 2–3-nerved; discs strongly dimorphic within single heads: outer 4-angled, wingless, inner ± flattened, 1–2-winged. 2n = 16, 32.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.55 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.5
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 2-8

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Bilious (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 9 - 18
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -45
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Sanvitalia procumbens leaf picture by Citlali Ramírez (cc-by-sa)
Sanvitalia procumbens leaf picture by Alain Vgz (cc-by-sa)
Sanvitalia procumbens leaf picture by Pierre Sosson (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Sanvitalia procumbens flower picture by Priestess Quest Music (cc-by-sa)
Sanvitalia procumbens flower picture by González Julio González (cc-by-sa)
Sanvitalia procumbens flower picture by Joana Zavala (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Sanvitalia procumbens world distribution map, present in Austria, Belgium, Guatemala, Mexico, Russian Federation, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:242036-1
WFO ID wfo-0000095676
COL ID 79JSW
BDTFX ID 82504
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lorentea atropurpurea Sanvitalia villosa Sanvitalia acinifolia Zexmenia thysanocarpa Sanvitalia procumbens var. procumbens Sanvitalia procumbens var. oblongifolia Sanvitalia procumbens