Rocky Mountain Zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora)

   
 

Prairie Zinnia; overview, Marathon, Texas. Flowers, Organ Mountain, New Mexico. Photographs by Gertrude Konings.

• Common English Names: Rocky Mountain Zinnia, Prairie Zinnia
• Common Spanish Names: Hierba del Becerro
• Scientific Name: Zinnia grandiflora (ZINN-ee-uh gran-dih-FLOOR-uh
• Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)
• Geographic Range: Colorado and Kansas south into Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas and south into Mexico.
• Description: Low (4" x 15") with yellow flowers, late summer into fall.
• Landscape Usage: Xeric adapted, full sun.

Last Update: 4 Sep 2006