Pectis linearifolia
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Pectis linearifolia is a summer blooming annual plant
and is a genus of pectis
. Although the plant exhibits the ecology of an introduced non-native plant, it is known with certainty only from south Florida, and must be regarded as native in view of current distribution data. It has also reputedly been found in Jamaica, but the Jamaican reports are evidently somewhat doubtful.
Annual plant
An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers, and dies in a year or season. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed...
and is a genus of pectis
Pectis
Pectis is a genus of plants in the daisy family known generally as cinchweeds in current usage. Older books call them "chinchweeds." Pectis is native to the Americas, including the Caribbean...
. Although the plant exhibits the ecology of an introduced non-native plant, it is known with certainty only from south Florida, and must be regarded as native in view of current distribution data. It has also reputedly been found in Jamaica, but the Jamaican reports are evidently somewhat doubtful.