Lechea intermedia var. depauperata

Hodgdon

Rhodora 40: 127, plate 491, figs. 12, 13. 1938.

Common names: Impoverished pinweed
Conservation concernEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 392.
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Flowering stems decumbent to arcuate-ascending, (3–)5–12 cm. Leaves of basal stems mostly 2-ranked; blade lanceolate to oblanceolate. Inner sepals elliptic-ovate, apex subacute. Capsules broadly ellipsoid, shorter than calyx.


Phenology: Flowering summer; fruiting late summer–fall.
Habitat: Sandy lakeshores, open pine woodlands
Elevation: 500–600 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety depauperata is endemic to the Lake Athabasca sand dunes.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.