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|image = Zinnia single layer and 12 Petals 2.jpg
|image_caption = ''Zinnia'' flower
|display_parents = 3
|taxon = Zinnia
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|synonyms = *''Sanvitaliopsis'' <small>Sch.Bip. ex Greenm.</small>
*''Sanvitaliopsis'' <small>Sch.Bip. ex Benth. & Hook.f.</small>
*''Tragoceros'' <small>Kunth</small>
*''Lejica'' <small>Hill ex DC.</small>
*''Lepia'' <small>Hill</small>
*''Diplothrix'' <small>DC.</small>
*''Crassina'' <small>Scepin</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=x>{{Cite web|url=http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch|archive-date=2014-11-06|url-status=dead|title=Advanced Name Search|website=Global Compositae Checklist}}</ref><ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?13048 |title=Genus: ''Zinnia'' L. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=October 5, 2007 |access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref>
|type_species = ''[[Chrysogonum peruvianum]]''
|type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''Zinnia''''' is a plant in the [[Asteraceae]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=zinnia {{!}} plant {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/plant/zinnia|access-date=2022-09-23|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref> or [[Flowering plant|flowering plant family]] as it’s [[genus]] as itself. They have notably long-stems that come in many bright colors.

Zinnias are garden flowers that come in many flower colors and shapes, and can live in summer temperature, and are easy to grow from seeds. They are grown in [[Fertility|fertile]], well drained soil<ref>{{Cite web|title=How to Grow Zinnias|url=https://www.americanmeadows.com/wildflower-seeds/zinnia-flower-seeds/how-to-grow-zinnias#}}</ref> in an area with much sunlight and outdoors. They remake seeds each year, so it is an [[annual plant]].

Zinnias was named after [[Johann Gottfried Zinn]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The History of Zinnia Flowers|url=https://www.gardenguides.com/82720-history-zinnia-flowers.html|access-date=2022-09-23|website=Garden Guides|language=en}}</ref> who was a [[botanist]] (plant scientist).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ph.D|first=Efrain A. Miranda|title=Johann Gottfried Zinn|url=https://clinicalanatomy.com/mtd/857-johann-gottfried-zinn|access-date=2022-09-24|website=clinicalanatomy.com|language=en-gb}}</ref> They are native to Mexico.

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| image1 = Zinnia x hybrida.jpg
| caption1 = A hybrid Zinnia.
| image2 = Zinnia-300px.jpg
| caption2 = A unidentified Zinnia.
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== Gallery ==
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| image1 = Zinnia elegans, jardín botánico de Tallinn, Estonia, 2012-08-13, DD 01.JPG
| image2 = Pink ZINNIA flower.jpg
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| image3 = Zinnia close up.jpg
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== Related pages ==
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*[[Sunflower]]
*[[Zinnia elegans]]
*[[Bellis perennis|Daisy]]

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[[Category:Asteraceae]]