Pectis glaucescens, the sanddune cinchweed or tea blinkum, is a species of summer blooming annual plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Florida, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Bahamas.Flora of North America v 21 p 225
Pectis glaucescens is a freely-branching annual weed with opposing leaves in narrow rows. Leaves contain rows of oil glands on the lower surface. It has long-stalked yellow flowers with two to five small-scale fruits.Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.Keil, D. J. 1986. Synopsis of the Florida species of Pectis (Asteraceae). Sida 11(4): 385–395.
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