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Mexican Zinnia
Zinnia haageana
Zinnia haageana, commonly known as Mexican Zinnia or Narrowleaf Zinnia, is a compact annual native to Mexico. It produces an abundance of small, cheerful bicolor flowers in shades of orange, red, yellow, and gold throughout summer and fall. Unlike its cousin Zinnia elegans, this species features narrower leaves, smaller blooms under 1 inch in diameter, and exceptional heat, drought, and pest resistance. It is a favorite for borders, containers, pollinator gardens, and mass plantings.
Jujube
Ziziphus jujuba
The Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) is a deciduous fruit tree native to Asia, cultivated in China for over 10,000 years. It produces edible date-like fruits with a sweet flavor and recognized medicinal value. An exceptionally hardy plant, it tolerates drought, cold, and poor soils, thriving in hot, dry climates.
Eelgrass
Zostera marina
Zostera marina, common eelgrass, is a fully marine flowering plant — not a house or garden plant. It grows permanently submerged in seawater, anchored by creeping rhizomes in sandy or muddy sediment across bays, estuaries and shallow coasts of the Northern Hemisphere, typically from the intertidal zone down to about 6-10 m depth. Its dark-green, ribbon-shaped leaves are typically 20-50 cm long (reaching up to 1.2 m, exceptionally 2 m) and 2-12 mm wide, with internal air chambers (lacunae) that aid buoyancy. It is monoecious: tiny, petal-less male and female flowers form on the same plant and are pollinated by seawater currents (hydrophily), a pollination strategy shared by very few flowering plants. Besides seed reproduction, eelgrass spreads vegetatively through its rhizome, forming extensive underwater meadows. These meadows are ecologically critical: they act as nursery habitat for fish and invertebrates, stabilize coastal sediment, improve water quality, and store large amounts of "blue carbon". Historically, the Seri (Comcaac) people of the Gulf of California harvested eelgrass seeds and used them as a grain staple — the only known instance of a "sea grain" used as human food. The species is vulnerable to "wasting disease", caused by the marine protist Labyrinthula zosterae, which triggered one of the largest documented marine plant die-offs on record in the 1930s.
Zoysia Grass
Zoysia japonica
Zoysia grass (Zoysia japonica) is a warm-season perennial grass native to East Asia, widely used in residential lawns and sports fields. It forms a dense, uniform mat due to vigorous growth via rhizomes (underground stems) and stolons (above-ground stems), making it effective in weed control. It is slow-growing, which reduces mowing frequency, and exhibits excellent heat and drought tolerance. In colder climates, it loses its green color and turns golden/straw-colored during winter dormancy, regaining vigor in spring.
Manila Grass
Zoysia matrella
Zoysia matrella, commonly known as Manila grass, is a fine-textured warm-season turfgrass native to Southeast Asia. It forms a dense, soft, low-maintenance carpet highly valued in ornamental lawns, golf courses, and residential gardens in tropical and subtropical climates.
Zygopetalum Orchid (genus)
Zygopetalum
Zygopetalum is a genus of fragrant orchids native to South America, particularly Brazil. Known for their striking flowers in shades of burgundy, green, and violet with intricately patterned lips, they are among the few terrestrial orchids that thrive indoors.
Spotted Zygopetalum
Zygopetalum maculatum
Zygopetalum maculatum is a fascinating Brazilian orchid, known for its contrasting flower colors and an intense fragrance reminiscent of hyacinth or pepper. It features oval pseudobulbs from which long, lanceolate leaves emerge. Its flowers display green petals and sepals with deep brown spots, highlighting a white lip with vibrant violet veins.
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