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Red zinnias


Red zinnias

Native to Mexico, where they were called “mal de ojo,” which means "the evil eye". It was given the name Zinnia, in honor of Johann Gottfried Zinn, a German botanist and anatomist who wrote the first detailed description of the flower in the 1750’s.



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