Lechea tenuifolia
Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 77. 1803.
Common names: Narrowleaf pinweed
EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Lechea tenuifolia var. occidentalis Hodgdon
Herbs, biennial or perennial. Stems: basal produced; flowering erect, 12–40 cm, sparsely sericeous. Leaves of flowering stems opposite or whorled; blade linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 7–20 × 0.5–1.5 mm, apex rounded, abaxial surface sparsely pilose on midvein and margins, adaxial glabrous. Pedicels 1 per axil, 0.5–1.5 mm. Flowers: calyx 1.6–1.9 mm, outer sepals equaling or longer than inner. Capsules secund or not, broadly ovoid, 1.4–1.7 × 1.3–1.5 mm, shorter than or ± equaling calyx. Seeds 2–3(–5).
Phenology: Flowering summer–fall; fruiting fall.
Habitat: Dry, sandy or gravelly soil in openings or along margins of oak woodlands and oak-pine forests
Elevation: 100–300 m
Distribution
Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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