''Pectis ciliaris'', the donkeyweed, is a species of ''

Pectis ''Pectis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus in 1759. The name is derived from the Latin word ''pecten'', meaning "comb." It refers to the marginally-bristled leaves or the p ...

'' and is an

annual plant An annual plant is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies. Globally, 6% of all plant species and 15% of herbaceous plants (excluding trees and shrubs) are ...

. Its floral region is the

Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...

, mainly

Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...

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* ciliaris Flora of Northern America Plants described in 1759 {{Tageteae-stub