Asteraceae

Elegant zinnia

Zinnia elegans L.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Zinnia

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Elegant zinnia (Zinnia elegans) — FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (18)

Arabic: زينيا
Armenian: Զինածաղիկ շքեղ
Bangla: জিনিয়া
Belarusian: Цынія стройная
Catalan: Clavell de paper, Rosa mística, Zínnia
Chinese: 百日草, 步步登高, 火毡花, 百日菊, 节节高, 鱼尾菊
Croatian: Ukrasna cinija
Czech: Ostálka sličná
Divehi: މަތަރެސްމާ
English: Elegant zinnia, Common zinnia, Youth-and-age
Hungarian: Rézvirág, Legényrózsa, Legényvirág
Japanese: ヒャクニチソウ, ジニア
Korean: 백일홍
Lithuanian: Puikioji gvaizdūnė
Persian: گل آهار پیر و جوان
Polish: Cynia wytworna
Slovak: Cínia pôvabná
Vietnamese: Cúc ngũ sắc

Synonyms

Crassina elegans (Jacq.) Kuntze
Crassina linearis (Benth.) Kuntze

Flowers

In flower: all year (from 624 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: ajott, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Filipi Miranda Soares, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Simon Koopmann, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Frank Thomas Sautter, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mario Guzmán, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Aris riyanto, 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). About our plant data.