Pectis latisquama Sch. Bip. ex Greenm.

Pectis latisquama Schultz-Bip.; (A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5: 181, hyponym. 1862) Fernald, Proc. Am. Acad. 39: 118. 1903.
A low prostrate perennial, with a suflruticose cespitose caudex; stem leafy, hirtellouspubcTulent, 1-2 dm, long; leaves linear or lance-linear, 1-2 cm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, acute, re volute-margined, glabrous or nearly so, with 3-5 pairs of bristles near the base; heads solitary at the end of the branches; peduncles 1-3 cm. long; involucre campanulate, 6-7 mm. high, 6-7 mm. broad; bracts 5, elliptic to oblong-obovate, rounded at the apex, obtusely keeled, ciliate, more or less purple-tinged, glabrous; ray-flowers 5; ligules orange, oblong, 6-7 mm. long, 3-4 mm. wide; disk-flowers 10-20; corollas 5-6 mm. long; achenes 5 mm. long, villous; pappus-bristles many, 3-4 mm. long.
Type Locality: Valley of Mexico. Dietribution: State of Mexico to Puebla.