This plant is an extreme bee & butterfly magnet. Very abundant along roadsides and rocky slopes in this area. I hope to cultivate this pl...Read Moreant. Zinnia acerosa is similar but with white flowers and clumps are usually larger.
Seen growing along the side of the road between Concho & Showlow, Arizona. Apache County, Highway 61, June 30th, mid Summer, zone 6b, ele...Read Morevation 6300 ft.
Several short, leafy, slightly woody stems in a low, round clump bearing numerous small yellow flower heads.
Found in dry ...Read Moreareas in deserts and on the plains of southeastern CO, southwestern KS through AZ, NM, west TX to Mexico.
This genus is named for Johann Zinn, an 18th century German professor who collected the seeds of Z.elegans (from which the garden zinnia descends) He was accosted by bandits who, after searching his bag, left him alone, believing him crazy....and therefore, unlucky.
This plant is an extreme bee & butterfly magnet. Very abundant along roadsides and rocky slopes in this area. I hope to cultivate this pl...Read More
Seen growing along the side of the road between Concho & Showlow, Arizona. Apache County, Highway 61, June 30th, mid Summer, zone 6b, ele...Read More
Several short, leafy, slightly woody stems in a low, round clump bearing numerous small yellow flower heads.
Found in dry ...Read More