Peruvian zinnia
Zinnia peruviana (L.) L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 53 cm
- wide
- 32 cm
Asteraceae
Also called Cedstar Zinnia, Redstar Zinnia, Wild Zinnia
Formerly Chrysogonum peruvianum, Crassina intermedia, Crassina leptopoda, Crassina multiflora, and 19 more
When it flowers
Flowers March to April and July to August in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. U.S.A. to Venezuela and N. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 3 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, redRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Arabian jasmineFlowers May to June and September to February, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers May to June and September to February, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers May to June and September to February, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers May to June and September to February, when this does not
Bush Morning GloryFlowers May to June and September to February, when this does not
Calabur treeFlowers May to June and September to February, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Gallito de monte, Muchachito, Colegiala
- Japanese
- ヒメヒャクニチソウ
- Chinese (China)
- 多花百日菊
- Swedish
- spindelzinnia
- Afrikaans
- engelsmannetjies, fluitjiesbossie, Jakobregop
- root
- lipii, Upepe
- French
- Zinnia du Pérou, Zinnia péruvienne
- Arabic
- زينيا بيروفية
- Czech
- Ostálka peruánská
- Finnish
- peruntsinnia
- Slovak
- cínia peruánska
- Simplified Chinese
- 山菊花, 五色梅, 多花百日菊
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC0
- 3D model: Zinnia peruviana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.