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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Zinniinae
  8. Zinnias

genus

Zinnias

Zinnia

Traits
Includes
4 native 2 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Elegant Zinnia introduced
  • Peruvian Zinnia present
  • Rocky Mountain Zinnia native
  • Desert Zinnia native
  • Narrowleaf Zinnia present
  • Zinnia maritima
  • Zinnia zinnioides present
  • Mexican Zinnia
  • Zinnia juniperifolia
  • Rio Grande Zinnia native
  • Shortray Zinnia native
  • Zinnia marylandica

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native zinnias All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Rocky Mountain Zinnia Zinnia grandiflora caterpillars 5 food 7 flowers 113
  • Desert Zinnia Zinnia acerosa caterpillars 5 food 3 flowers 71
  • Rio Grande Zinnia Zinnia austrotexana caterpillars 4 food 2 flowers 53
  • Shortray Zinnia Zinnia anomala caterpillars 4 food 1 flowers 49

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