Sanvitalia procumbens

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Mexican creeping zinnia


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. to 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Width: 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Lifespan: annual
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 6 to 11
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

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Sanvitalia procumbens with the common name of Mexican creeping zinnia[1] is the type species of the genus Sanvitalia and a member of the family Asteraceae and tribe Heliantheae.[2]


Read about Sanvitalia procumbens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sanvitalia procumbens, Lam. A hardy floriferous annual, growing about 6 in. high, trailing in habit: lvs. ovate, about 1 in. long: fl.-heads with dark purple disk and yellow rays, resembling small rudbeckias, less than 1 in. across, numerous: achenes of the disk flattened and often winged and 1-2 aristellate. Summer to very late autumn. Mex. Var. flore-pleno, Hort. A double-fld. variety coming true from seed, and as vigorous as the type.—Worthy of more extended use as a low border annual. CH


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