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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pectis prostrata   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pectis prostrata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pectis prostrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Pectis prostrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pectis prostrata

 

COMMON NAME:
spreading chinchweed


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image of Pectis prostrata, spreading chinchweed

Keith Bradley    kab_p_prostrata_75758

September    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Leaves & phyllaries in all Pectis species dotted with embedded oil-glands, per Flora of North America.

image of Pectis prostrata, spreading chinchweed

Keith Bradley    kab_p_prostrata_75758b

September    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Leaf margins w 4-12pr of setae [bristles]. Flower heads w 5 yellow ray florets, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pectis prostrata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pectis prostrata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pectis prostrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Pectis prostrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pectis prostrata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4096

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Roadsides, mowed areas, other dry disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to tropical America (probably including southern Florida)

Rare, but spreading northward

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 5 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers usually bisexual/ Ray flowers pistillate and fertile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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