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.

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