Beauty and the Butterfly
by Elizabeth Winter
Title
Beauty and the Butterfly
Artist
Elizabeth Winter
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Zinnias are named after Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727-1759), a German professor of botany who grew the plant after it was "discovered" in the New World and brought back to Europe. Zinnias are native to Mexico, Central America, and the southwestern United States.
innias are annuals, shrubs, and sub-shrubs native to North America with one species extending to South America. Most species have upright stems but some have a lax habit with spreading stems that mound over the surface of the ground. They typically range in height from 10 to 100 cm tall. leaves are opposite and usually stalkless (sessile), with a shape ranging from linear to ovate, and pale to middle green in color. The flowers have a range of appearances, from a single row of petals, to a dome shape, with the colors white, chartreuse, yellow, orange, red, purple, and lilac.
Zinnia elegans, also known as Zinnia violacea, is the most familiar species, originally from Mexico and thus a warm hot climate plant. Its leaves are lance-shaped and sandpapery in texture, and height ranges from 15 cm to 1 meter.
Zinnia angustifolia is another Mexican species. It has a low bushy plant habit, linear foliage, and more delicate flowers than Z. elegans usually single, and in shades of yellow, orange or white. It is also more resistant to powdery mildew than Z. elegans, and hybrids between the two species have been raised which impart this resistance on plants intermediate in appearance between the two. The Profusion series, with both single and double-flowered components, is bred by Sakata of Japan, and is among the most well-known of this hybrid group.
Zinnias seem to be a favorite of butterflies, and many gardeners add zinnias specifically to attract them
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Comments (13)
Marcia Colelli
Beautiful capture of this little Skipper Butterfly of the lovely Zinnia. Love vignette texture. L/F
Debbie Portwood
Love this gorgeous image as well! Zinnias have been a fav of mine since I was a girl! The first flower I ever planted! :D The little moth is adorable f/love!! :D