Pectis elongata
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Pectis elongata is a summer blooming annual plant
of the genus pectis
. Its floral region is Puerto Rico
. Tropical cinchweed is burned as a mosquito repellent. It is also known as cympogon citratus.
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...
of the genus 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...
. Its floral region is Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. Tropical cinchweed is burned as a mosquito repellent. It is also known as cympogon citratus.