240 — Number of the plant
at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Asteridae
► Order Asterales
► Family Asteraceae [= Compositae] - Aster family
► Genus Zinnia L. - Zinnia
Synonyms
Zinnia greggii B. L. Rob. & Greenm [≡ Zinnia angustifolia var. greggii]
(=) Zinnia linearis Benth.
Common names
Description
Small compositae flowers with eight rounded ray florets and a small yellow or orange central disc, in yellow, white or orange with a yellow stripe near the centre; borne singly. A low erect annual herb with linear leaves.