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Zinnia grandiflora

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Zinnia grandiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Zinnia
Species:
Z. grandiflora
Binomial name
Zinnia grandiflora
Nutt. 1840
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassina grandiflora (Nutt.) Kuntze

Zinnia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Rocky Mountains zinnia and plains zinnia.[2] It is native to the southwestern and south-central United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona)[3] and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Zacatecas).[2][4]

Zinnia grandiflora is a small flat-topped or rounded subshrub growing up to 22 centimeters (8.8 inches) tall with many slender, branching stems. The oppositely arranged leaves are linear and 1 to 3 centimeters (0.4–1.2 inches) long. The herbage is covered in short, rough hairs. The flower head has 3 to 6 bright yellow ray florets each between 1 and 2 centimeters (0.4–0.8 inches) in length. At the center is a cluster of several tubular disc florets. It grows on plains and foothills and other dry habitat.[2]

Uses

This plant is used by several Native American groups, including the Zuni and Navajo, for medicinal and ceremonial purposes.[5]

Among the Zuni people, this plant is applied in a poultice to bruises, cold infusion of blossoms used as an eyewash, and smoke from powdered plant inhaled in sweatbath for fever.[6]

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References

  1. ^ The Plant List, Zinnia grandiflora Nutt.
  2. ^ a b c Flora of North America, Zinnia grandiflora Nuttall, 1840. Plains or Rocky Mountain zinnia
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1997
  5. ^ Ethnobotany
  6. ^ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 45)


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