| Scientific Name: | Sanvitalia procumbens |
| Common Name: | creeping zinnia |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Central America, Mexico |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like, Mounded, Weeping |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket, Small garden/space, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), Yellow, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Low spreading, mat-forming plant up to 15cm tall ("procumbens"); leaves zinnia-like, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, most 2-5cm long x 1-2cm wide; heads miniature sunflower-like, 1.5-2cm wide, ray florets yellow, disk florets dark purplish-brown. | |