Small-flowered Zinnia
Zinnia pauciflora
Native to the New World and better known as Peruvian Zinnia (Zinnia peruviana), the small flowers of this hardy annual attract a wide variety of pollinators.
Zinnia pauciflora was grown in eighteenth-century gardens and was sold by Philadelphia nurseryman Bernard McMahon in 1804. Like its larger-petaled brethren, Z. pauciflora is an annual flower native to South America. The small, attractive flowers show orangish-red throughout the summer and are very different from the hybrids now so popular.
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Heirloom Seeds and Plants from the Monticello collection
Plant history in your gardens with seeds and plants from Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants.
