Difference between revisions of "Lechea stricta"
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 251. 1894.
Common names: Prairie pinweed
Endemic
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Latest revision as of 22:23, 5 November 2020
Herbs, perennial. Stems: basal produced; flowering erect, 25–45 cm, densely sericeous. Leaves of flowering stems alternate or subopposite; blade narrowly oblanceolate, 13–20 × 1.5–3 mm, apex acute, often mucronate, abaxial surface pilose, adaxial glabrous. Pedicels 1 per axil, 1.6–2 mm. Flowers: calyx 1.6–1.8 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner. Capsules subglobose to broadly ovoid, (1.8–)2–2.5 × 2–2.5 mm, ± equaling calyx. Seeds 3–4.
Phenology: Flowering summer–fall; fruiting fall.
Habitat: Sandy, open fields, grasslands, lakeshores, woodland margins
Elevation: 100–800 m
Distribution
Ont., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Minn., Nebr., N.Dak., Wis.
Discussion
Some individuals of Lechea stricta can be difficult to determine with certainty; the extremes of variation of L. stricta often grade into that of L. intermedia and L. pulchella.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.