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Zinnia grandiflora

Zinnia grandiflora

9.9
A low bush with short leafy stems and round yellow-orange flowers native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Gardeners in Arizona often cultivate Zinnia grandiflora for its drought tolerance.

Examples

  • Wild Zinnia grandiflora blooms attract butterflies to the prairie.

  • The Zinnia grandiflora added a splash of yellow to the desert landscape.

  • Look at the Zinnia grandiflora!

  • The Zinnia grandiflora blooms beautifully in the summer.

  • Gardeners in Arizona often cultivate Zinnia grandiflora for its drought tolerance.

  • The Zinnia grandiflora added a splash of yellow to the desert landscape.

  • Wild Zinnia grandiflora blooms attract butterflies to the prairie.

Synonyms

little golden zinnia
vsZinnia grandiflora
  • Specialized
9.6

A small low plant with short leafy stems and small round yellow orange flowers

is the same species but native specifically to northern Mexico

Surface Forms

Zinnia grandiflora singular
Zinnia grandifloras plural

Morphology

zinnia + grandiflora

This binomial name is fully compositional: 'zinnia' denotes the garden plant and 'grandiflora' literally means 'large‑flowered', so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it is a zinnia species with large flowers. Botanical Latin naming conventions are widespread and consistent across languages, making the meaning predictable rather than idiomatic.

Etymology

Zinnia grandiflora comes from two parts: Zinnia honors a German plant scientist named Johann Zinn, and grandiflora is Latin for 'large-flowered'. So the name both remembers the person who studied the plant and tells you it has notable flowers.