Pectis angustifolia

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Pectis angustifolia C01.jpg

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| status_system = TNC

| genus = Pectis

| species = angustifolia

| authority = 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

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Pectis angustifolia, the 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.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}

Among the Hopi of Arizona it was known as taichima and was eaten boiled with green corn.{{Cite journal|author=Hough, Walter |year=1897 |title=The Hopi and Their Relation to Their Plant Environment|journal=American Anthropologist|volume=10|pages=33–44, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KjQSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37 page 37]|doi=10.1525/aa.1897.10.2.02a00000 |doi-access=free}}