Pectis glaucescens
sand dune chinchweed
prostrate to erect, usually sparsely to densely puberulent (sometimes in decurrent lines), sometimes glabrate.
narrowly linear, 10–35 × 0.2–1.8 mm, margins with 1–5 pairs of setae 1–2 mm, faces glabrous (abaxial submarginally dotted with broadly elliptic to circular oil-glands 0.2–0.3 mm, sometimes with additional, scattered oil-glands).
filiform, (3–)7–35(–54) mm.
cylindric.
5;
corollas 3.5–5 mm.
3–7;
corollas 2–3 mm (2-lipped).
distinct, linear-oblanceolate, 4–5 × 0.8–1 mm (dotted with 1–2 elliptic, subapical oil-glands 0.2–0.3 mm, sometimes with additional, smaller submarginal or scattered oil-glands).
borne singly or in diffuse, cymiform arrays.
2.5–3 mm, strigillose;
pappi of 0–5, antrorsely scabrid bristles or slender scales 1–2 mm plus 0–5 entire or irregularly lacerate scales 0.2–0.7 mm.
= 48.
Pectis glaucescens
Pectis glaucescens is widespread in southern Florida and the Bahamas. Human disturbances, especially road constructions, have created habitats suitable for it. It grows most commonly on limestone soils in open, grassy sites. Occasionally, it is a lawn weed.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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