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Pectis angustifolia (lemonscent)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pectis angustifolia (Lemonscented cinchweed) is a summer blooming annual plant which is found in Western North America, generally from Nebraska and Colorado to Arizona and Mexico. It is in flower from July to October, and the seeds ripen from September to October. Lemonscented cinchweed cannot grow in the shade. The plant is carminative and emetic. The crushed leaves have been used in the treatment of stomach aches. Among the Hopi of Arizona it was known as taichima and was eaten boiled with green corn.
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Infraspecies

Pectis angustifolia var. angustifolia (narrowleaf pectis)
Pectis angustifolia var. fastigata
Pectis angustifolia var. fastigiata (lemonscent)
Pectis angustifolia var. tenella (lemonscent)

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [1]  High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [1]  Low
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [1]  9 months 10 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Summer
Growth Form [1]  Bunch
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Propagation [1]  Seed
Root Depth [1]  8 inches (20 cm)
Scent [2]  The leaves have an aromatic fragrance;
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Seed Vigor [1]  Medium
Seeds Per [1]  399999 / lb (881848 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [2]  The plant yields an inferior dye; No more details are given.
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  Yellow
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Height [2]  10 inches (0.25 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [1]  Porous
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States
Jornada Biosphere Reserve Ib 30913 New Mexico, United States
Petrified Forest National Park II 44522 Arizona, United States
White Sands National Monument III 139922 New Mexico, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0