238 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Asteridae

► Order Asterales

► Family Asteraceae [= Compositae] - Aster family

► Genus Zinnia L. - Zinnia

Synonyms

(=) Crassina elegans (Jacq.) Kuntze

(=) Zinnia violacea Cav.

Common names

Common zinnia (English)

Youth-and-old-age (English)

Zinnia (English)

Zinnie (English)

Zinnia (French)

 

Цинния (Russian)

Description

Large usually double compositae flowers with firm spatulate ray florets in a wide range of colours; borne singly on sturdy stems. A long- blooming garden annual.