Chinchweed
Pectis papposa
Observed in a sandy wash in Vekol Valley, Maricopa Co., Arizona in October 2018.
LEAVES: The small linear leaves and floral bracts are dotted with resin glands.
ANNUAL HERB: Summer to fall annual with often abundant small, bright yellow
heads. Occasionally 30 cm
tall.
RANGE: A plant of deep sandy soils that occur in and adjacent to desert washes.
Common to abundant across the southwestern
United States after good summer rains.
FLOWERS: Yellow flowers are enclosed in a single series of bracts, these with odorous resin glands. Flowering
mostly Aug and September.
ACHENE:
UNARMED. Without thorns.