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Definition of Sanvitalia procumbens

1. Noun. Low-branching leafy annual with flower heads resembling zinnias; found in southwestern United States and Mexico to Guatemala.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sanvitalia Procumbens

Literary usage of Sanvitalia procumbens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1867)
"The double-flowered sanvitalia procumbens promises to be a useful bedding plant, habit the same as the old S. procumbens, but the flowers are larger, ..."

2. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
"Merida, at the Quinta del Obispo, Nov. 15, 1864 (Sc/wtt, £/). sanvitalia procumbens Lam., Jour. His. Nat. Par., ii., 176. ..."

3. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"sanvitalia procumbens.—A hardy annual from Mexico, with trailing branches and bright yellow flowers. In the single- flowered kind the blossoms have a dark ..."

4. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"Sanvitalia, sanvitalia procumbens.—A dwarf, trailing plant growing a few inches high only, and covered in summer with numerous small yellow flower-heads ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1877)
"It grows in the valley of Mexico. The whole plant is used in baths against rheumatism. Price, 12 cents per kil. 64. sanvitalia procumbens, DC (Ojo do gallo. ..."

6. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1867)
"The double-flowered sanvitalia procumbens promises to be a useful bedding plant, habit the same as the old S. procumbens, but the flowers are larger, ..."

7. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
"Merida, at the Quinta del Obispo, Nov. 15, 1864 (Sc/wtt, £/). sanvitalia procumbens Lam., Jour. His. Nat. Par., ii., 176. ..."

8. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"sanvitalia procumbens.—A hardy annual from Mexico, with trailing branches and bright yellow flowers. In the single- flowered kind the blossoms have a dark ..."

9. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"Sanvitalia, sanvitalia procumbens.—A dwarf, trailing plant growing a few inches high only, and covered in summer with numerous small yellow flower-heads ..."

10. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1877)
"It grows in the valley of Mexico. The whole plant is used in baths against rheumatism. Price, 12 cents per kil. 64. sanvitalia procumbens, DC (Ojo do gallo. ..."

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