Asteraceae
Spreading chinchweed
Pectis prostrata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Pectis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 伏生香檬菊
- English
- Spreading chinchweed, Spreading cinchweed
Synonyms
- Chthonia prostrata Cass.
- Pectis costata Ser. & Merc. ex DC.
- Pectis multisetosa Rydb.
- Pectis prostrata var. prostrata
- Pectis prostrata var. urceolata Fernald
- Pectis urceolata (Fernald) Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.