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Zinnia grandiflora (plains zinnia)

Synonyms: Crassina grandiflora

Wikipedia Abstract

Zinnia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Rocky Mountains zinnia and Plains zinnia. It is native to the southwestern and south-central United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Zacatecas).
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Infraspecies

Zinnia grandiflora f. grandiflora

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States
Jornada Biosphere Reserve Ib 30913 New Mexico, United States
Petrified Forest National Park II 44522 Arizona, United States
White Sands National Monument III 139922 New Mexico, United States

Predators

Hesperotettix viridis (Snakeweed Grasshopper)[3]
Melanoplus desultorius[4]
Trimerotropis pallidipennis (pallid-winged grasshopper)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Feeding patterns in grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae): factors influencing diet specialization, Joern, A. 1979. Oecologia 38: 325-347
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0