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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Zinnia
| image = Zinnia-06.06.21.jpg
| image_caption = ''Zinnia elegans'' 'Profusion Orange'
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asterales]]
| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
| tribus = [[Heliantheae]]
| genus = '''''Zinnia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Zinnia''''' is a [[genus]] of 20 species of [[Annual plant|annual]] and [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[plant]]s of family [[Asteraceae]], originally from scrub and dry grassland in an area stretching from the [[American Southwest]] to [[South America]], but primarily [[Mexico]], and notable for their solitary long-stemmed flowers that come in a variety of bright colors.
Zinnia leaves are opposite and usually stalkless, with a shape ranging from linear to ovate, and pale to middle green in color. The flowers have a range of appearances, from a single row of petals, to a dome shape, with the colors white, chartreuse, yellow, orange, red, purple, and lilac.
Zinnias are popular [[garden]] flowers, usually grown from seed, and preferably in fertile, [[humus]]-rich, and well-drained soil, in an area with full sun. They will reseed themselves each year. Over 100 [[cultivar]]s have been produced since selective breeding started in the [[19th century]].
''Zinnia elegans'' is the familiar species, originally from Mexico and thus a warm-hot climate plant. Its leaves are lance-shaped and sandpapery in texture, and height ranges from 15 cm to 1 meter.
Zinnias seem especially favored by [[butterfly|butterflies]], and many gardeners add zinnias specifically to attract them.
The name of the genus derives from the [[Germany|German]] [[botanist]] [[Johann Gottfried Zinn]] (1727-1759).
== Species ==
Genus ''Zinnia'' L. includes the following species
*''[[Zinnia acerosa]]'' (DC.) A. Gray -- desert zinnia
*''[[Zinnia angustifolia]]'' Kunth -- narrowleaf zinnia
*''[[Zinnia anomala]]'' Gray -- shortray zinnia
*''[[Zinnia bicolor]]''
*''[[Zinnia elegans]]'' Jacq. -- 'Profusion Orange'
*''[[Zinnia grandiflora]]'' Nutt. -- Rocky Mountain zinnia
*''[[Zinnia haageana]]''
*''[[Zinnia linearis]]''
*''[[Zinnia maritima]]'' Kunth -- Palmer's Zinnia
**''Zinnia maritima'' var. ''maritima''
**''Zinnia maritima'' var. ''palmeri'' (Gray) B.L. Turner -- Palmer's zinnia
*''[[Zinnia peruviana]]'' (L.) L. -- Peruvian zinnia
*''[[Zinnia pumila]]'' (=''Zinnia acerosa'' (DC.) A. Gray)
*''[[Zinnia violacea]]'' Cav. -- elegant zinnia
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Zinnia acerosa flowers.jpg|''Zinnia acerosa''
Image:Zinnia grandiflora 2.jpg|''Zinnia grandiflora''
Image:Zinnia peruviana2.jpg|''Zinnia peruviana''
Image:Zinnia-Bicolor.jpg|''Zinnia bicolor''
Image:Beautiful zinnia-cropped-big2.jpg|Single zinnia flower
Image:Zinnia_bed-300px.jpg|A bed of zinnias
</gallery>
==References==
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ZINNI USDA PLANTS Database, Symbol ZINNI]
* [http://www.botanik.de/mendel/image-galleries/blumen/zinnien Zinnia hybrids]
* [[Arthur B. Howard]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Zinnia
| image = Zinnia-06.06.21.jpg
| image_caption = ''Zinnia elegans'' 'Profusion Orange'
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asterales]]
| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
| tribus = [[Heliantheae]]
| genus = '''''Zinnia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Zinnia''''' is a [[genus]] of 20 species of [[Annual plant|annual]] and [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[plant]]s of family [[Asteraceae]], originally from scrub and dry grassland in an area stretching from the [[American Southwest]] to [[South America]], but primarily [[Mexico]], and notable for their solitary long-stemmed flowers that come in a variety of bright colors.
Zinnia leaves are opposite and usually stalkless, with a shape ranging from linear to ovate, and pale to middle green in color. The flowers have a range of appearances, from a single row of petals, to a dome shape, with the colors white, chartreuse, yellow, orange, red, purple, and lilac.
Zinnias are popular [[garden]] flowers, usually grown from seed, and preferably in fertile, [[humus]]-rich, and well-drained soil, in an area with full sun. They will reseed themselves each year. Over 100 [[cultivar]]s have been produced since selective breeding started in the [[19th century]].
''Zinnia elegans'' is the familiar species, originally from Mexico and thus a warm-hot climate plant. Its leaves are lance-shaped and sandpapery in texture, and height ranges from 15 cm to 1 meter.
Zinnias seem especially favored by [[butterfly|butterflies]], and many gardeners add zinnias specifically to attract them.
The name of the genus derives from the [[Germany|German]] [[botanist]] [[Johann Gottfried Zinn]] (1727-1759).
== Species ==
Genus ''Zinnia'' L. includes the following species
*''[[Zinnia acerosa]]'' (DC.) A. Gray -- desert zinnia
*''[[Zinnia angustifolia]]'' Kunth -- narrowleaf zinnia
*''[[Zinnia anomala]]'' Gray -- shortray zinnia
*''[[Zinnia bicolor]]''
*''[[Zinnia elegans]]'' Jacq. -- 'Profusion Orange'
*''[[Zinnia grandiflora]]'' Nutt. -- Rocky Mountain zinnia
*''[[Zinnia haageana]]''
*''[[Zinnia linearis]]''
*''[[Zinnia maritima]]'' Kunth -- Palmer's Zinnia
**''Zinnia maritima'' var. ''maritima''
**''Zinnia maritima'' var. ''palmeri'' (Gray) B.L. Turner -- Palmer's zinnia
*''[[Zinnia peruviana]]'' (L.) L. -- Peruvian zinnia
*''[[Zinnia pumila]]'' (=''Zinnia acerosa'' (DC.) A. Gray)
*''[[Zinnia violacea]]'' Cav. -- elegant zinnia
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Zinnia acerosa flowers.jpg|''Zinnia acerosa''
Image:Zinnia grandiflora 2.jpg|''Zinnia grandiflora''
Image:Zinnia peruviana2.jpg|''Zinnia peruviana''
Image:Zinnia-Bicolor.jpg|''Zinnia bicolor''
Image:Beautiful zinnia-cropped-big2.jpg|Single zinnia flower
Image:Zinnia_bed-300px.jpg|A bed of zinnias
</gallery>
==References==
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ZINNI USDA PLANTS Database, Symbol ZINNI]
* [http://www.botanik.de/mendel/image-galleries/blumen/zinnien Zinnia hybrids]
* [[Arthur B. Howard]]
