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Herbs, perennial. Stems: basal produced; flowering erect to decumbent or arcuate-ascending, (3–)5–60 cm, sericeous. Leaves of flowering stems alternate or subopposite; blade elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate to oblanceolate, 10–25 × 1.5–5 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface hairy on midvein and margins, adaxial glabrous. Pedicels 1 per axil, 1.5–3 mm. Flowers: calyx 1.9–2.3 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner. Capsules broadly ovoid, depressed-globose, or subglobose, 1.8–2 × 1.7–2.1 mm, shorter to ± equaling calyx. Seeds 4–6, membranous coat gray.
Distribution
Alta., Man., N.B., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Conn., Ill., Iowa, Maine, Mass., Minn., Mont., N.Dak., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Va., Wis., Wyo.
Discussion
Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
Key
| 1 | Capsules depressed-globose, ± equaling calyx; inner sepals broadly ovate, apex obtuse. | Lechea intermedia var. intermedia |
| 1 | Capsules subglobose to broadly ovoid, shorter than calyx; inner sepals elliptic-ovate, apex subacute | > 2 |
| 2 | Flowering stems decumbent to arcuate-ascending, 3–12 cm. | Lechea intermedia var. depauperata |
| 2 | Flowering stems erect, 25–60 cm | > 3 |
| 3 | Leaves of basal stems mostly 4-ranked; blades elliptic-lanceolate. | Lechea intermedia var. juniperina |
| 3 | Leaves of basal stems mostly 2-ranked; blades lanceolate to oblanceolate. | Lechea intermedia var. laurentiana |