Narrow-Leaf Zinnia is an annual or perennial herb
growing up to 50 cm tall. The stems have many branches and the herbage
is rough with short hairs. The 2-7 cm x 4-8 mm leaves are linear to
narrowly elliptic. The heads of flowers have involucres that are mostly
hemispheric, usually much less than 1 cm high or wide. The flowers have
bright orange or sometimes yellow ray flowers, but in cultivated
plants, the flowers may be white or a variety of other colors.
Narrow-Leaf Zinnia is native to northern and western Mexico, cultivated
elsewhere.
Identification credit: Tabish
Photographed in cultivation in Bangalore.
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