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Caribbean chinchweed

Pectis carthusianorum

Also called Caribbean Cinchweed

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Caribbean to Venezuela

About

Pectis carthusianorum, the Caribbean cinchweed, is a summer blooming annual plant of the genus Pectis, found in Puerto Rico. It is also native to Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Venezuela.

Other Pectis plants

Lemonscent · Donkeyweed · Sonoran chinchweed · Tropical chinchweed · Fivebract chinchweed · Sanddune chinchweed · Yerba de San Juan · Beardless chinchweed · Florida chinchweed · West Indian chinchweed · Romero macho · Longstalk chinchweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pectis carthusianorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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