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Asteraceae

Yerba de San Juan

Pectis humifusa Sw.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Pectis

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Yerba de San Juan: Pectis humifusa on Pointe Allègre NE from Sainte Rose on Guadeloupe
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Yerba de San Juan

Synonyms

  • Chthonia humifusa Cass.
  • Lorentea humifusa Less.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.