A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Widely distributed in the Philippines. Zinnia is a common Mexican wildflower. The early Spanish colonists in Mexico found the flowers ugly and called them mal de ojos (evil eyes). The genus was named after German botanist who first named it, Johann Gottfried Zinn of Gottingen. Of the 200 or more species (source) in the zinnia genus, Zinnia elegans is the most well known.
Found in a church garden
Spotted on Feb 3, 2011
Submitted on Jun 5, 2011
3 Comments
Its like one type of flower growing on another! Fascinating!
Thanks Marta!
Zinnia