☙ Zinnia
Genus Zinnia L. (1759).WFO
Period English: zinnia.
Period French: zinnia m.; BD
Zinnia peruviana: zinnia rouge m. ('red zinnia').BD
Sentiments:
🏶︎ Absence ▲︎◆︎ (1832-c.1871); EWW SJH TTA CHW TM FSO LH S&K JS
Thoughts of absent friends ▲︎◆︎ (1867-1884); GAL KG
Note: Although I have marked these both American and British, there are only two British entries - JS and KG - and both are compilations of previous texts, and not particularly careful. I would consider this sentiment primarily American until further citations are found.
Region: TBC.
Seasonality: Annual, flowers summer to autumn (July to October in the northern hemisphere).
Period Colours:
Zinnia peruviana:
... beau rouge de sang ... a une variété à fleurs jaunes ... BD
Flowers solitary, red; rays red or yellow. Some of this genus in Peru have purple or yellow flowers. SJH
The red is found on the banks of the Mississippi; the yellow is a native of Peru; the scarlet, purple-flowered and slender-flowered, of Mexico. CHW
Heraldry: TBC.
Included Species:
Zinnia peruviana (L.) L. (1759)
= Zinnia multiflora L. (1763), WFO BD EWW SJH Peruvian zinnia.