Lechea stricta
Lechea cernua
prairie pinweed
nodding pinweed
basal produced; flowering erect, 25–45 cm, densely sericeous.
basal not produced; flowering spreading-ascending, (10–)20–30 cm, densely sericeous.
of flowering stems alternate or subopposite;
blade narrowly oblanceolate, 13–20 × 1.5–3 mm, apex acute, often mucronate, abaxial surface pilose, adaxial glabrous.
of flowering stems alternate;
blade elliptic-ovate to orbiculate, 5–12 × 4–10 mm, apex acute, often mucronate, abaxial surface pilose to tomentose, adaxial pilose.
1 per axil, 1.6–2 mm.
2–3 per axil, 1.5–2.5 mm.
calyx 1.6–1.8 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner.
calyx 1.8–2 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner.
subglobose to broadly ovoid, (1.8–)2–2.5 × 2–2.5 mm, ± equaling calyx.
ellipsoid to obovoid, 1.8–2 × 1.2–1.5 mm, ± equaling calyx.
3–4.
1–2.
Lechea stricta
Lechea cernua
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.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Lechea cernua is endemic to much of peninsular Florida but is absent from the Florida Keys and panhandle.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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