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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Zinnia acerosa ''
| image = Zinnia acerosa flowers.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Zinnia acerosa''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asterales]]
| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
| tribus = [[Heliantheae]]
| genus = ''[[Zinnia]]''
| species = '''''Z. acerosa''
| binomial = ''Zinnia acerosa''
| binomial_authority = ([[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]]) [[Asa Gray|A.Gray]]
}}
'''''Zinnia acerosa''''' is a [[flowering plant]] that is native to the [[United States]] and [[Mexico]].
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]].
Common names include:
*Desert Zinnia
*Wild Zinnia
*White Zinnia
*Spinyleaf Zinnia
[[Synonym (taxonomy)|Synonyms]] include:
*''Diplothrix acerosa'' [[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]]
*''Zinnia pumila'' [[Asa Gray|A.Gray]]
==References==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?42256 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Zinnia acerosa'']