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Zinnia elegans
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Scientific Name - zinnia elegans

Synonyms -

Popular names - zinnia, carciumarese.

Distribution and Habitat - originally from Mexico.

Description - herbaceous annual. Stems erect, branched, hispida. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, sessile and amplexicaula basis. Capital 5-12 cm diameter, variable color flowers ligulate, tubular flowers hermaphrodite, yellow. Blooms in June-October.

Growth rate - fast.

Requirements - exhibitions sunny adapt to any type of soil if it is rich in organic matter.

Management -

Propagation - by seed, is sown in March in the greenhouse, and at the end of April in open ground. Germinate within 7-14 days after seeding. The plants were transplanted when 20-40 cm tall.

Properties and Uses - cultivated for floits countries, ornamental purposes, the plant for the border.

Curiosity - zinnia elegans was named in honor of Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727-1759), professor of anatomy and botany at the University of Gottingen (Germany), which described the Peruvian zinnia species.

In 1796 the first variety was brought zinnia elegans, in Europe.

Zinnia genus contains 19 species of annual and herbaceous perennials, shrubs and undergrowth.

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