Zinnia grandiflora

A low plant of foothills and rocky slopes. Similar in general appearance to Psilostrophe, but with a chaffy-bracted receptacle and disk flowers extending conspicuously above the rays.

A pseudanthium near La Cueva in the Organ Mts., 8/28/04.

Plant habit near La Cueva in the Organ Mts., 8/28/04.