Pectis angustifolia

Pectis angustifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Pectis
Species:	P. angustifolia
Binomial name
	Pectis angustifolia; Torr.
Synonyms
	Pectis angustifolia var. fastigiata (A.Gray) D.J.Keil ; Pectis angustifolia var. subaristata A. Gray; Pectis fastigiata A. Gray; Pectis papposa var. sessilis M.E. Jones; Pectis texana Cory;

Pectis angustifolia (lemonscented cinchweed) is a summer blooming annual plant which is found in Western North America, generally from Nebraska and Colorado to Arizona and Mexico. It is in flower from July to October, and the seeds ripen from September to October. Lemonscented cinchweed cannot grow in the shade. The plant is carminative and emetic. The crushed leaves have been used in the treatment of stomach aches.

Among the Hopi of Arizona it was known as taichima and was eaten boiled with green corn.[1]

Bibliography

p161. Yanovsky. E. Food Plants of the N. American Indians. Publication no. 237
p177. Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption
p216. Whiting. A. F. Ethnobotany of the Hopi
p235. Britton. N. L. Brown. A. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada
p245. Genders. R. Scented Flora of the World.
p257. Moerman. D. Native American Ethnobotany
p274. Diggs, Jnr. G.M.; Lipscomb. B. L. & O'Kennon. R. J. Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas

References

Hough, Walter (1897). "The Hopi and Their Relation to Their Plant Environment". American Anthropologist. 10: 33–44, page 37. doi:10.1525/aa.1897.10.2.02a00000.

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[1] Hough, Walter (1897). "The Hopi and Their Relation to Their Plant Environment". American Anthropologist. 10: 33–44, page 37. doi:10.1525/aa.1897.10.2.02a00000.