Lindheimera
(named in honour of Ferdinand Lindheimer, the discoverer of the plant). ORD. Compositae. A monotypic genus, the species being an erect, scabrous-hirsute, branched, greenhouse or half-hardy annual herb, requiring similar culture to Zinnia (which see).
L. texana (Texan).* fl.-heads yellow, disposed in an irregular leafy corymb; achenes scabrous-tuberculate or slightly hispid; involucral scales in two rows; receptacle flat. August and September. l. alternate, oblong, thickly toothed. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Texas.