Zinnia grandiflora
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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Zinnia |
| Species: | Z. grandiflora |
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| Zinnia grandiflora Nutt. 1840 | |
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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
- The Plant List, Zinnia grandiflora Nutt.
- Flora of North America, Zinnia grandiflora Nuttall, 1840. Plains or Rocky Mountain zinnia
- Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1997
- Ethnobotany
- Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 45)
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