Family: Composite or Sunflower (Compositae)
Size: To 1.5 in.
Date: 7/14/2001
Other names: Wild zinnia, prairie zinnia, Rocky Mountain zinnia, plains zinnia, zacate pastor, little golden zinnia.
Notes: 3 - 6 bright yellow ray flowers, reddish disk flowers. Note the spider on the upper flower. 3 species of Zinnia in Arizona.
This plant is found on the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Working Check list of flora.