Lechea stricta
Lechea intermedia
prairie pinweed
large-pod pinweed, round-fruit pinweed
basal produced; flowering erect, 25–45 cm, densely sericeous.
basal produced; flowering erect to decumbent or arcuate-ascending, (3–)5–60 cm, 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 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.
1 per axil, 1.6–2 mm.
1 per axil, 1.5–3 mm.
calyx 1.6–1.8 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner.
calyx 1.9–2.3 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner.
subglobose to broadly ovoid, (1.8–)2–2.5 × 2–2.5 mm, ± equaling calyx.
broadly ovoid, depressed-globose, or subglobose, 1.8–2 × 1.7–2.1 mm, shorter to ± equaling calyx.
3–4.
4–6, membranous coat gray.
Lechea stricta
Lechea intermedia
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.)
Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Capsules depressed-globose, ± equaling calyx; inner sepals broadly ovate, apex obtuse. | 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. | var. depauperata |
2. Flowering stems erect, 25–60 cm | → 3 |
3. Leaves of basal stems mostly 4-ranked; blades elliptic-lanceolate. | var. juniperina |
3. Leaves of basal stems mostly 2-ranked; blades lanceolate to oblanceolate. | var. laurentiana |
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