Zinnia acerosa (DC.) A.Gray belongs to the Asteraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Zinnia
Specific Epithet
acerosa
Authorship
(DC.) A.Gray
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#307,391 of 335,497
Top 92%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
United States, Arizona, Pima
32.076361, -110.647778
Location Remarks
East Old Spanish Trail highway c. 10.6 km E of junction with South Old Spanish Trail highway (E of Tucson). Acacia-Larrea woodland with Yucca schidigera, Opuntia, Carnegiea. 1031 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Common along the roadside. Shrubby, to 0.3 m tall.