Sanvitalia procumbens

Sanvitalia procumbens subsp. var.	Creeping zinnia
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	Asteraceae > Sanvitalia procumbens var. , Lam.

Sanvitalia procumbens with the common name of Mexican creeping zinnia is the type species of the genus Sanvitalia and a member of the family Asteraceae and tribe Heliantheae.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sanvitalia procumbens, Lam. A hardy floriferous annual, growing about 6 in. high, trailing in habit: lvs. ovate, about 1 in. long: fl.-heads with dark purple disk and yellow rays, resembling small rudbeckias, less than 1 in. across, numerous: achenes of the disk flattened and often winged and 1-2 aristellate. Summer to very late autumn. Mex. Var. flore-pleno, Hort. A double-fld. variety coming true from seed, and as vigorous as the type.—Worthy of more extended use as a low border annual. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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