✿Asteraceae · Zinnia
Jhenia / Elegant Zinnia
Zinnia elegans
outdoor
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Zinnia elegans
- Genus
- Zinnia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Assam, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Goa, Delhi, Tripura, Haryana, Manipur, Mizoram, Puducherry
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jhenia itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- HeadrecordedA dense, tight cluster of many small stalkless flowers, packed into a rounded or flat head.“It has solitary flower heads about 5 cm (2 in) across.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jhenia itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- झेंनिया Jhenia
About Jhenia
Elegant Zinnia (Zinnia elegans) belongs to the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala and 19 other states.
Uses
Locally it is planted as an ornamental.
Botanical family
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Jhenia belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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