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Zornia thymifolia is a much-branched, low perennial legume from seasonally dry tropical and subtropical areas of Mexico, Central America and northern South America, grown mainly as a wild or ornamental-interest plant rather than a common garden plant. It is a species in the pea family, valued for its pagoda-like stacks of bracts and yellow flowers.
Zornia thymifolia is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae.
Zornia thymifolia occurs in the Mexican Plateau of central Mexico, plus there is a disjunct population distributed from Honduras south into Colombia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zornia thymifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
