Lechea stricta
Lechea maritima
prairie pinweed
beach or hoary or seaside pinweed, beach pinweed
basal produced; flowering erect, 25–45 cm, densely sericeous.
basal produced; flowering erect or procumbent to ascending, 15–35 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 whorled;
blade narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 7–25 × 1.2–4 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface pilose, adaxial glabrous or sparsely pilose.
1 per axil, 1.6–2 mm.
1 per axil, 1–1.5 mm.
calyx 1.6–1.8 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner.
calyx 1.6–2.1 mm, outer sepals shorter than to ± equaling inner.
subglobose to broadly ovoid, (1.8–)2–2.5 × 2–2.5 mm, ± equaling calyx.
subglobose to broadly ovoid, 1.3–2.1 × 1.5–1.9 mm, shorter than calyx.
3–4.
2–5(–6).
Lechea stricta
Lechea maritima
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 3 (3 in the flora).
The varieties of Lechea maritima show appreciable overlap in many vegetative features but can be readily distinguished by the characters used here.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Flowering stems mostly branching distal to middle; outer sepals nearly equaling inner | var. subcylindrica |
1. Flowering stems mostly branching proximal to middle; outer sepals shorter than inner | → 2 |
2. Seeds 3–4(–5), weakly 3-sided or 2-sided and convex; stems erect to procumbent, 1–2.5 mm diam.; sepals usually strongly maroon tinged, sometimes brown. | var. maritima |
2. Seeds 2(–3), 2-sided and flat or convex; stems procumbent to ascending, 2–4 mm diam.; sepals usually brown, sometimes maroon tinged. | var. virginica |
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