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Zinnia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae 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
Scientific 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 small flat-topped or rounded subshrub growing up to 22 cm (8+1⁄2 in) tall with many slender, branching stems. The oppositely arranged leaves are linear and 1–3 cm (1⁄2–1+1⁄4 in) long. The herbage is covered in short, rough hairs. The flower head has 3 to 6 bright yellow ray florets each between 1–2 cm (1⁄2–3⁄4 in) 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]

References

External links

Media related to Zinnia grandiflora at Wikimedia Commons

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