Spreading Chinchweed

Pectis prostrata

Found in roadsides, mowed areas, other dry disturbed areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

Modest

Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 76%

Light: Full sun
Soil moisture: Dry to moist

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Pectis prostrata — flower photograph — (c) Ong Jyh Seng, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original photograph

At a glance

Bloom: July to November

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 59 Florida counties.

Habitats

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Pectis

Nathalis ioleDainty Sulphur, Dwarf Yellow
Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

0BeesSoutheastern regional records

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Asteraceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “July to November” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Light · “Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Soil · “Dry; Moist (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia

Conservation status

Florida rank	SNR
Global rank	G4
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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Spreading Chinchweed

At a glance

Habitats

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Plant details

Conservation status

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