Sanvitalia

Sanvitalia

  • Sanvitalia
  • Sanvitalia
  • Sanvitalia
  • Sanvitalia
  • Flower name
    Sanvitalia
  • Scientific name
    Sanvitalia
  • AliasSanvitalia, ジャノメギク, 蛇目菊
  • Place of originsouthwestern United States to Guatemala,and Mexico
  • Place of floweringGarden
  • Flowering seasonMay, June, July, August, September, October, November

What is Sanvitalia

Sanvitalia (Scientific name: Sanvitalia) is an annual plant of the genus Asteraceae, native to the southwestern United States to Guatemala, and Mexico. In Japanese name it is called janome-gikku. Because the plant height is low, it spreads to crawl on the ground, so it is suitable for the ground cover.
The flowers bloom about 2 cm in diameter for a long time from spring to autumn. The tongue-shaped flower of the head flower is yellow. As representative varieties, there are Procumbens species (Sanvitalia procumbens) with a brownish tubular flower and S. speciosa species (S. speciosa) with a yellow tubular flower. Million sun (Sanvitalia speciosa ‘Million Sun’) is a S. speciosa species with a yellow tubular flower, and is an award winning variety of Floroselect (European Flora New Species Screening Association) 2010 pension award.

General name: Sanvitalia, Scientific name: Sanvitalia, also: Janomegiku (serpent eye chrysanthemum), Living type: annual herb, Plant height: 10 to 20 cm, leaf shape: egg shape with pointed tip, flowering stage: May to November, flower diameter: 2 to 2.5 cm.


  • Order
    Asterales
  • Family
    Asteraceae
  • Genus
    Sanvitalia
  • Species
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Corymbose inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Head flower
  • Leaf type
    ovoid
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeannual herb
  • Flower colorsYellow
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height10.0 ~ 20.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower2.0 ~ 2.0 cm

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