239 — 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
(=) Crassina elegans (Jacq.) Kuntze
(=) Zinnia violacea Cav.
Common names
Common zinnia (English)
Youth-and-old-age (English)
Zinnia (English)
Zinnie (English)
Zinnia (French)
Цинния (Russian)
Description
Large usually double compositae flowers with firm spatulate ray florets in a wide range of colours; borne singly on sturdy stems. A long- blooming garden annual.