Zinnia linearis Benth.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Zinnia angustifolia Kunth
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Commonly cultivated in gardens
  • Key identification features : Young branches angular. Leaves opposite, sessile, hispid. Heads solitary at ends of branches, pedunculate. Achenes of marginal florets trigonous, those of central florets obovoid, compressed, black with ciliate margins. Pappus absent
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Native : Mexico
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.268. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Zinnia linearis. Downloaded on 12 December 2024.

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