Pectis
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Pectis is a genus of plants in the daisy family known generally as cinchweeds. They are native to the Americas, including the Caribbean. These plants vary in appearance but they usually bear yellow daisylike flowers.
Selected species:
- Pectis angustifolia - lemonscent
- Pectis carthusianorum - Caribbean cinchweed
- Pectis ciliaris - donkeyweed
- Pectis cylindrica - Sonoran cinchweed
- Pectis elongata - tropical cinchweed
- Pectis humifusa - yerba de San Juan
- Pectis linifolia - romero macho
- Pectis papposa - manybristle cinchweed
- Pectis prostrata - spreading cinchweed
- Pectis tenuicaulis - island cinchweed
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