Pectis liebmannii Sch. Bip. ex Hemsl.

Pectis liebmannii Schultz-Bip.; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot 2: 226. 1881.
Lorenlea Liebmanni Schultz-Bip.; B. D. Jackson, Ind. Kew 3: 117, as synonym. 1893.
A perennial, suffruticose at the base; stem elongate, procumbent, canescent-tomentose,
2-3 dm. long; leaves thick, obovate or elliptic, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 4-10 mm. wide, revolute-
margined, cuspidate-mucronate, canescent-tomentose, with 2-4 pairs of basal bristles; heads
solitary, terminating the branches or in the upper axils; peduncles 1-5 cm. long; involucre
campanulate, 6-7 mm. high and as broad; bracts 6-8, linear-oblong, rose-tipped, scarious on
the margins, canescent on the back, slightly carinate below; ray-flowers 6-8; ligules 3-4 mm.
long; disk-flowers 10-20; corollas 5 mm. long; achenes 3-4 mm. long, minutely pubescent or
glabrate; pappus-bristles of the disk-flowers 20-30, unequal, scabrous, the longest 4-5 mm.
long; those of the ray-flowers wanting.
Type locality: "San Augustin, Mexico." Distribution: Jalisco.