General: Manybristle Chinchweed (Pectis papposa) is a mound-shaped spicy-scented annual forb that grows to about 20 cm tall. Short stems grow from the base. Leaves are narrow and linear, and the margins are gland-dotted. Flowers yellow, 6–10 mm diameter. Phyllaries (8) long, linear, and gland dotted.

Manybristle Chinchweed is a fairly common component of vegetation communities in dry, well-drained gravelly areas on bajadas into the lower mountains in the Lower Sonoran (Creosote-Bursage Flats) and Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub) life zone to about 4500 ft.

Around Las Vegas, look for Chinchweed at Lake Mead along the Pierce Ferry Road.

Family: Sunflower (Asteraceae)