perennial zinnias?

Has anyone ever heard of perennial zinnias?  Perhaps those of you in
southern climates have, but up here in Wisconsin, I've never heard of
something like this until yesterday.  

I had the good fortune to walk through the Boerner Botanical gardens 
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Biology/Boerner/index.html

and they have a *HOT* garden of all yellows, oranges and reds that is
spectacular.  One of the plants that caught my eye was *zinnia linearis*.
 The college student-gardener I grilled about it wasn't all that
knowledgable, but she distinctly said perennial . . . . . .???

They don't have the traditional zinnia shape.  They are low (6 in?)  and
look more like a very bushy, small daisy.  Unfortunately, the web site
has no picture of the garden I mention, and I would love to have further
knowledge of this plant.

Thanks in advance.

Pat
USDA Zone 5 Milwaukee suburb - Wisconsin
Pat-Mitchell@juno.com

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