Sanvitalia

Sanvitalia subsp. var.	Creeping Zinnia
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The creeping zinnias (genus Sanvitalia, pronounced /ˌsænvɨˈteɪliə/) are four or five species belonging to the family Asteraceae and native to Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, South America.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sanvitalia (after a noble Italian family). Compositae. Usually low, much-branched herbs grown for their attractive yellow flowers. Leaves opposite, petioled, mostly entire: heads of fls. small, solitary, with yellow or sometimes white rays; involucre short and broad, of dry or partly herbaceous bracts; receptacle from flat to subulate-conical, at least in fr.; its chaffy bracts concave or partly conduplicate: achenes all or only the outer ones thick-walled, those of the rays usually 3-angled, with the angles produced into rigid, spreading awns or horns, those of the disk often flat and winged.—About 4 species, natives of the S. W. U. S. and Mex. May be grown as an annual in the open, but if given protection it will sometimes flower the second year. Sanvitalias are of easy culture but prefer a light or sandy soil in full sunlight. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

Species

• Sanvitalia abertii A.Gray - Abert's creeping zinnia
• Sanvitalia angustifolia Engelm. ex A. Gray
• Sanvitalia fruticosa Hemsl.
• Sanvitalia ocymoides DC. -- yellow creeping zinnia
• Sanvitalia procumbens Lam. - Mexican creeping zinnia

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References

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

External links

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