Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pectis prostrata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about spreading chinchweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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.
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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
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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