PLANTS Profile for Sanvitalia procumbens (Mexican creeping zinnia)

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PLANTS Profile

Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.
Mexican creeping zinnia

Symbol:

SAPR6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. France, Paris. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.

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Synonyms:
Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.

SAAN11

Sanvitalia angustifolia A. Gray

Distribution:
Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.


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USA (CA, IL, MD, TX, VT)

Related Taxa:
Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 3 species in Sanvitalia

Classification:
Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Sanvitalia Lam. – creeping zinnia
Species	Sanvitalia procumbens Lam. – Mexican creeping zinnia

Introduced Information:
Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38358.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 02:55 AM CDT