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Pectis humifusa
Pectis humifusa, yerba de San Juan, is a low, mat-forming summer-blooming annual in the daisy family, found mainly on sandy coasts in the Caribbean and Florida. It is grown rarely, so care is mostly drawn from its native habitat of sun, sand and dry conditions.
Pectis humifusa, the yerba de San Juan, is a summer blooming annual plant of the genus Pectis. In the Lesser Antilles, it occurs most frequently in the salt spray zone near the seashore; on some islands, it occurs inland as well. Its floral region is Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands and Florida.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pectis humifusa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
