Pectis propetes Greenm.

Pectis propetes Greenman, Proc. Am. Acad. 40: 49. 1904
A low annual; stem at last prostrate and branched, puberulent along two decurrent lines, purplish; leaves narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, 1-3.5 cm. long, 2-5 mm. wide, obtuse or mucronate, with 5-9 pairs of bristles towards the base, minutely scabrous-ciliate, pale-green; glands scattered; heads solitary in the axils; peduncles 2-4.5 cm. long; involucre campanulatecylindric, 6-7.5 mm. high, about 4 mm. broad, glabrous; bracts 5, oblong, obtuse or truncate at the apex, carinate to above the middle, scarious-margined; ray-flowers 5; ligules oblong, about 7 mm. long, 2 mm. wide; disk-flowers 20-25; corollas 3-3.5 mm. long, sub-bilabiate; achenes about 4 mm. long, hirsutulous; squamellae of the disk-flowers 5, of the ray-flowers 2, lanceolate, acuminate, nearly 2 mm. long.
Type locality: Near San Juan Capistrano. Zacatecas. DisTRiuuTio.s: Known only from the type locality.