Asteraceae
Mexican creeping zinnia
Sanvitalia procumbens
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Sanvitalia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Cantonese
- 蛇眼菊
- Chinese
- 匍匐蛇目菊, 蛇目菊
- English
- Mexican creeping zinnia, Creeping zinnia
- French
- Zinnia nain
- German
- Husarenknopf, Miniatursonnenblume
- Polish
- Sanwitalia rozesłana
- Russian
- Санвиталия лежачая, Санвиталия простертая, Санвиталия простёртая, Санвиталия распростертая, Санвиталия распростёртая
- Swedish
- Husarknapp
Synonyms
- Laurentia atropurpurea Steud.
- Lorentea atropurpurea Ortega
- Sanvitalia acinifolia DC.
- Sanvitalia angustifolia Engelm. ex A.Gray
- Sanvitalia procumbens var. oblongifolia DC.
- Sanvitalia procumbens var. procumbens
- Sanvitalia villosa Cav.
- Zexmenia thysanocarpa Donn.Sm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karelj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ma. Eugenia Mendiola González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ma. Eugenia Mendiola González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.