Zinnia elegans Jacq.
Zinnia violacea Cav.
Elegant zinnia
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Crassina elegans (Jacq.) Kuntze
Zinnia elegans Jacq.
Zinnia elegans Jacq.
9/11/2021 · Highland Green, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3″ (12 × 8.4 cm) 
9/11/2021 · Highland Green, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 3½ × 5″ (9 × 13 cm) 
9/11/2021 · Highland Green, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Asterales | Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies |
| Family | Asteraceae | The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers |
| Genus | Zinnia | For 18th-century German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn |
| Species | violacea | Violet-colored |
Zinnia violacea description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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