Zinnia anomala is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, with the common name shortray zinnia.[2] It is native to western Texas[3] in the United States and also to the States of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Zacatecas in northern Mexico.[2]

Zinnia anomala is a profusely branched subshrub perennial up to 12 cm (8 inches) tall. Leaves are very narrow, up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) long. The plant produces only one flower head per branch, each head containing about 20 red disc florets, sometimes with no ray florets, other times with 5-8 yellow rays.[2][4][5]

References

  1. ^ The Plant List, Zinnia anomala A.Gray
  2. ^ a b c Flora of North America, Zinnia anomala A. Gray, 1852. Shortray zinnia
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ Gray, Asa. 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): 106 description in parallel English and Latin
  5. ^ Gray, Asa. 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): plate X (10) full page of line drawings of Zinnia anomala