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| name = ''Zinnia acerosa''
| common_names = Desert Zinnia, Wild Zinnia, White Zinnia, Spinyleaf Zinnia
| growth_habit = herbaceous
| high =     <!--- 3ft (1m) -->
| wide =     <!--- 20in (65cm) -->
| origin = [[United States]], [[Mexico]]
| poisonous =     <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| lifespan =     <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
| exposure =     <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
| water =     <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
| features = flowers
| hardiness =     <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 40[[Fahrenheit|°F]] (5[[Celsius|°C]]), etc -->
| bloom =     <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for it's flowers -->
| usda_zones =     <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
| sunset_zones =     <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
| color = IndianRed
| image = Zinnia acerosa flowers.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Zinnia acerosa'' 
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Asterales
| familia = Asteraceae
| tribus = Heliantheae
| genus = Zinnia
| species = acerosa
}}
''[[Zinnia]] acerosa'' (syn. ''Diplothrix acerosa'' and ''Zinnia pumila'')


:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Zinnia|genus page]].''

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==References==
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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