Lechea tenuifolia

Michaux

Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 77. 1803.

Common names: Narrowleaf pinweed
EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Lechea tenuifolia var. occidentalis Hodgdon
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 396. Mentioned on page 390.

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

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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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David E. Lemke +
Michaux +
Narrowleaf pinweed +
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. +  and Wis. +
100–300 m +
Dry, sandy or gravelly soil in openings or along margins of oak woodlands and oak-pine forests +
Flowering summer–fall +  and fruiting fall. +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
Lechea tenuifolia var. occidentalis +
Lechea tenuifolia +
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