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| color = lightgreen
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| name = ''Zinnia acerosa''
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| name = ''Zinnia acerosa ''
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| common_names = Desert Zinnia, Wild Zinnia, White Zinnia, Spinyleaf Zinnia
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| growth_habit = herbaceous
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| high =    <!--- 3ft (1m) -->
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| wide =    <!--- 20in (65cm) -->
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| origin = [[United States]], [[Mexico]]
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| exposure =    <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
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| water =    <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
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| features = flowers
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| hardiness =    <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 40[[Fahrenheit|°F]] (5[[Celsius|°C]]), etc -->
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| bloom =    <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for it's flowers -->
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| usda_zones =    <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
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| color = IndianRed
 
| image = Zinnia acerosa flowers.jpg
 
| image = Zinnia acerosa flowers.jpg
 
| image_width = 240px
 
| image_width = 240px
 
| image_caption = ''Zinnia acerosa''  
 
| image_caption = ''Zinnia acerosa''  
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| regnum = [[Plantae]]
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = [[Asterales]]
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| ordo = Asterales
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| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
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| familia = Asteraceae
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| tribus = [[Heliantheae]]
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| tribus = Heliantheae
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| genus = ''[[Zinnia]]''
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| genus = Zinnia
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| species = '''''Z. acerosa''
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| species = acerosa
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| binomial = ''Zinnia acerosa''
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| binomial_authority = ([[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]]) [[Asa Gray|A.Gray]]
   
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Zinnia acerosa (syn. ''Diplothrix acerosa'' and ''Zinnia pumila'')
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'''''Zinnia acerosa''''' is a [[flowering plant]] that is native to the [[United States]] and [[Mexico]].
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In the United States it occurs in [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]] and [[Texas]] and in [[Mexico]] it is found in [[Sonora]], [[Chihuahua]], [[Nuevo Leon]], [[Zacatecas]] and [[San Luis Potosi]].
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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Zinnia|genus page]].''
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Common names include:
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==Cultivation==
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*Desert Zinnia
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[[Synonym (taxonomy)|Synonyms]] include:
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===Propagation===
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*''Diplothrix acerosa'' [[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]]
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===Pests and diseases===
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*''Zinnia pumila'' [[Asa Gray|A.Gray]]
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==References==
 
==References==
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*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?42256 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Zinnia acerosa'']
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*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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==External links==
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