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|accepted_name=Thelia lescurii
|accepted_authority=Sullivant in A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. Gray, Manual ed.
|place=2, 660. 1856
|year=1856
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Thelia asprella var. lescurii
|authority=(Sullivant) Renauld & Cardot
}}
|hierarchy=Theliaceae;Thelia;Thelia lescurii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Theliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Thelia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Thelia lescurii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 638
|treatment_page=page 639
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>ascending, sometimes weakly creeping, sparsely and irregularly branched, lightly tomentose, branches irregularly branched; paraphyllia not seen; pseudoparaphyllia foliose-ciliate. <b>Stem</b> and branch leaves ± similar, 0.8–1 mm; margins plane or erect to incurved, stem leaf margins short-ciliate basally, branch leaf margins ciliate-papillose; apex broadly acute to obtuse, acumen erect, apiculate; laminal cells rhombic nearly throughout, 42–22 × 7–9 µm, papillae usually 3–6-branched. <b>Seta</b> 0.8–1.7 cm. <b>Capsule</b> 1.5–3 mm; operculum 0.5–1 mm. <b>Calyptra</b> 2 mm. <b>Spores</b> 10–16 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Sandy soil, road banks, soil over rock (granite, limestone, sandstone), base of trees, rotting logs
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (50-600 m)
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Plants of <i>Thelia lescurii</i> are generally larger than in the other species of <i>Thelia</i> and almost always grow on soil or thin soil over rock. They have mostly ascending, sparsely and irregularly branched stems that are weakly tomentose because only those parts of the stems in contact with the substrate have tomentum. The branches are thickened, often clavate-shaped, and irregularly branched. This combination of features, along with the ascending stems, gives the plants a compact aspect quite different from that of <i>T. asprella</i> or <i>T. hirtella</i>. <i>Thelia lescurii</i> could be confused in the field with <i>Myurella</i> because both occur on calcareous soil, have a similar color, and smoothly terete-foliate stems and branches. However, the leaves of <i>Myurella</i> have short, double costae and laminal cell papillae that are considerably lower in height.</p>
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name=Thelia lescurii
|author=
|authority=Sullivant in A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Thelia asprella var. lescurii
|basionyms=
|family=Theliaceae
|habitat=Sandy soil, road banks, soil over rock (granite, limestone, sandstone), base of trees, rotting logs
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (50-600 m)
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. Gray, Manual ed.
|publication year=1856
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Thelia
|species=Thelia lescurii
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