Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
Five-bract Cinchweed.
Pectis filipes
Aster (Asteraceae) family.
Plant: Annual forb to 15 cm; stems capillary, dichotomously branching. Leaves: leaves opposite, linear, 1-3 cm long, gland-dotted. Flowers: flower heads 7mm high borne singly at branch tips on long peduncles, phyllaries in one series; yellow ray flowers only, 4-6 mm long; pappus of 2-4 antrorsely hispid awns.
Santa Catalina Mountains
Prison Camp
Location: On slope beside trail 200 feet from end of road.
9/24/15
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