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Sonoran chinchweed, Sonoran cinchweed, Sonoran lemonweed, three-ray chinchweed

yerba de San Juan

Habit Annuals, 1–20 cm (across or high); herbage not scented. Annuals or perennials, 2–25 cm (across; bases often ± woody); herbage not scented.
Stems

prostrate to ascending (often mat-forming, densely leafy distally), puberulent (in decurrent lines or throughout) or glabrate.

prostrate (mat-forming, densely leafy), puberulent (in decurrent lines).

Leaves

(bluish green) linear to linear-oblanceolate or narrowly oblong, 10–30 × 1.5–4 mm, margins with 2–5 pairs of setae 1–2 mm, faces glabrous (abaxial densely dotted with scattered, circular oil-glands 0.05–0.2 mm).

oblong-oblanceolate to obovate, 3–17 × 1.5–4 mm wide, margins with 2–6 pairs of setae 1–2 mm, faces glabrous (dotted with scattered, round oil-glands 0.1–0.2 mm).

Peduncles

1–5 mm.

1–12 mm.

Involucres

cylindric.

campanulate.

Ray florets

3(–4);

corollas 3–4 mm (scarcely surpassing phyllaries).

5;

corollas 3.5–5 mm.

Disc florets

(3–)7–14;

corollas 2.2–2.6 mm (2-lipped).

12–21;

corollas 2.5–3.5 mm (2-lipped).

Phyllaries

coherent (falling together), oblong to oblong-obovate, 6–10 × 2–3 mm (dotted with scattered, elliptic oil-glands 0.05–0.15 mm).

distinct, obovate, 4.5–6 × 2–4 mm (faces densely dotted with scattered, circular oil-glands 0.05–0.2 mm).

Heads

borne singly or in congested, (leafy) cymiform arrays.

borne singly or in congested, (leafy) cymiform arrays.

Cypselae

4–5.5 mm, puberulent (distally glandular-puberulent);

pappi of 2 (ray) and 5 (disc) lanceolate scales 1.5–3.5 mm.

2.5–4 mm, mostly puberulent (ray cypselae abaxially glabrous);

ray pappi of 2–3 slender, aristate scales 1.5–2.5 mm plus 2–10 lacerate scales or bristles;

disc pappi of 4–15, antrorsely scabrid bristles or aristate scales 2–3 mm plus 0–15 bristles or scales.

2n

= 48.

= 72.

Pectis cylindrica

Pectis humifusa

Phenology Flowering Jul–Nov. Flowering year round.
Habitat Deserts, oak-juniper woodlands, grasslands, wash channels, mud flats, lawns, roadsides Sandy soils
Elevation 700–1500 m (2300–4900 ft) 0–10 m (0–0 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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from FNA
FL; West Indies (Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles); South America (Suriname)
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Discussion

Pectis cylindrica (2n = 48) is similar to P. prostrata (2n = 24); the two occasionally grow together (D. J. Keil 1975b). Some herbaria contain mixed collections of the two. No evidence is available of hybrids between the two.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Pectis humifusa has been reported once from Florida (D. J. Keil 1975c), where it is probably adventive. In the Lesser Antilles, it occurs most frequently in the salt spray zone near the seashore; on some islands, it occurs inland as well.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 225. FNA vol. 21, p. 225.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Pectidinae > Pectis Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Pectidinae > Pectis
Sibling taxa
P. angustifolia, P. filipes, P. glaucescens, P. humifusa, P. imberbis, P. linearifolia, P. linifolia, P. longipes, P. papposa, P. prostrata, P. rusbyi, P. ×floridana
P. angustifolia, P. cylindrica, P. filipes, P. glaucescens, P. imberbis, P. linearifolia, P. linifolia, P. longipes, P. papposa, P. prostrata, P. rusbyi, P. ×floridana
Synonyms P. prostrata var. cylindrica
Name authority (Fernald) Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 34: 198. (1916) Swartz: Prodr., 114. (1788)
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