Romero Macho

Pectis linifolia h. vSyst. Nat. ed. 10. 1221. 1759
Verbesina linifolia L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1226 1759
Pec/is />Hn<:/a/a Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 28. 1760
Pccttdium ptinclalum Less., Linnaea 6: 707. 1831
Tetracanlhus linearifolius A. Rich, in Sagra. Hist. Cuba 1160 18S0
Pedis punctata S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 24: 58 1889
Pedis linifolia marginalis Fernald, Proc. Am. Acad. 33: 85. 1897.
A taU slender annual; stem 3-10 dm. high, dichotomously branched, glabrous angledleaves mosUy plane, linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate, 4-6 cm. long, 2-5 mm wide dark' green above, glaucous beneath, with or sometimes without 1 or 2 pairs of bristles at the baseglands various, some or all elongate, along the margins, others smaller, usually scattered' peduncles 1-3 cm. long; involucre glabrous or minutely puberulent, 5-6 mm. high 2-4 mm' broad; bracts 4 or 5, linear, blunt, becoming involute, with long linear black submarginal glandsray-flowers 4 or 5; ligules about 1 mm. long; disk-flowers 2-5; corollas 2-3 ram. longachenes 4-7 ram. long, puberulent or glabrate; pappus of 2 or 3 subulate stout divaricate smooth awns, 2—2.5 mm. long.
Type locality: Jamaica.
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Pectis linifolia, the romero macho, is a summer blooming annual plant in the genus Pectis. It is widespread throughout Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. In the mainland United States, it has been reported only from Arizona and Florida.