Desert Zinnia
Zinnia acerosanative · Central Texas
Desert Zinnia is a shrub native to Central Texas that grows 0.5–1 ft tall and 1.5 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms white in Jun–Aug. Deer rarely browse it. Good for bees and butterflies.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spread
- 1.5 ft
- Bloom
- Jun–Aug · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, gravelly, rocky, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports bees and butterflies
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
Chihuahuan Desert
1 occurrence record in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.