Asteraceae
Peruvian zinnia
Zinnia peruviana
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Zinnia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 多花百日菊, 五色梅, 山菊花, 疏花百日菊
- English
- Peruvian zinnia
Synonyms
- Chrysogonum peruvianum L.
- Crassina intermedia (Engelm.) Kuntze
- Crassina leptopoda (DC.) Kuntze
- Crassina multiflora (L.) Kuntze
- Crassina peruviana Kuntze
- Crassina peruviana var. flava Kuntze
- Crassina peruviana var. peruviana
- Crassina tenuiflora (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Crassina verticillata (Andrews) Kuntze
- Rudbeckia pauciflora [Zinn,]
- Zinnia hybrida Roem. & Usteri
- Zinnia intermedia Engelm.
- Zinnia leptopoda DC.
- Zinnia mendocina Phil.
- Zinnia multiflora L.
- Zinnia multiflora var. multiflora
- Zinnia pauciflora L.
- Zinnia pauciflora var. flava (Kuntze) Seckt
- Zinnia revoluta Cav.
- Zinnia tenuiflora Jacq.
- Zinnia verticillata Andrews
Flowers
- In flower
- January to May, July to October (from 901 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Analía Belaus, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irving Merino, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aacocucci, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: takalani.nelu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: takalani.nelu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tomás Carranza Perales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.