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the flower that thrives on neglect and blooms harder the more you cut it
means A bright, daisy-like garden flower (genus Zinnia) native to the Americas, prized for its long-lasting blooms in nearly every color but blue.
from Named in honor of Johann Gottfried Zinn, an 18th-century German botanist and anatomist who studied the plant; the modern Latin genus name 'Zinnia' was bestowed by Linnaeus, turning a man's surname into a meadow of color.
- cut more
- Snipping blooms triggers the plant to make more
- space flora
- First flower grown and bloomed in space, 2016
- named for
- Honors botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn
- butterfly bar
- Flat-topped blooms are landing pads for pollinators
- desert native
- Originally a tough wildflower from Mexican grasslands
for instance
zinnia elegans — most common ornamental species, native to mexico, bred into hundreds of cultivars worldwide
state flower of indiana — zinnia designated as official state flower in 1931
zinnia violacea — historical species name for the common zinnia, still used in some cultivation contexts