Pectis humifusa Sw.

Yerba de san juan (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Pectis

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.02-0.25m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Pectis humifusa flower picture by Finola Jennings Clark (cc-by-sa)
Pectis humifusa flower picture by claire Felloni (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Pectis humifusa world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Barbados, Dominica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:282249-2
WFO ID wfo-0000022682
COL ID 769DQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630345
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pectis serpyllifolia Pectis humifusa Pectis sieberi Chthonia humifusa Lorentea humifusa Chthonia repens