Zinnia elegans L.

Elegant zinnia (en), Zinnia (fr), Zinnia violacé (fr), Zinnia élégant (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Zinnia

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.5-1m high.
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) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 1-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Skin diseases (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Anodyne (unspecified), Menstruation (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 9 - 19
Germination temperacture (C°) 22 - 24
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Zinnia elegans habit picture by lisl (cc-by-sa)
Zinnia elegans habit picture by Gaël (cc-by-sa)
Zinnia elegans habit picture by Shehadi Ramiz (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Zinnia elegans leaf picture by Iva (cc-by-sa)
Zinnia elegans leaf picture by Angelika Suedfrau (cc-by-sa)
Zinnia elegans leaf picture by lisl (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Zinnia elegans flower picture by Iva (cc-by-sa)
Zinnia elegans flower picture by Bec Adeline (cc-by-sa)
Zinnia elegans flower picture by Kimberly (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Zinnia elegans world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Belize, Brazil, Bhutan, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cuba, Germany, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Spain, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Micronesia (Federated States of), Guinea, Guatemala, Guam, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Cambodia, Kiribati, Moldova (Republic of), Mexico, Marshall Islands, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands, Mauritius, Malawi, Nicaragua, Niue, Nepal, Panama, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Puerto Rico, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, Serbia, Slovakia, Chad, Thailand, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Samoa, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30051816-2
WFO ID wfo-0000058494
COL ID 5D5LY
BDTFX ID 73237
INPN ID 130650
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Crassina elegans Zinnia australis Zinnia violacea Crassina linearis Zinnia linearis Zinnia violacea var. violacea Zinnia violacea var. coccinea Zinnia elegans