Lechea stricta
Lechea san-sabeana
prairie pinweed
San Saba pinweed
basal produced; flowering erect, 25–45 cm, densely sericeous.
basal produced; flowering erect, 15–35 cm, densely to sparsely 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 to subopposite;
blade linear, 6–18 × 0.6–1.3 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface appressed-pilose mostly on midvein and margins, adaxial glabrous.
1 per axil, 1.6–2 mm.
1 per axil, 3–5 mm.
calyx 1.6–1.8 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner.
calyx 1.8–2.2 mm, outer sepals longer than inner.
subglobose to broadly ovoid, (1.8–)2–2.5 × 2–2.5 mm, ± equaling calyx.
secund, depressed-globose, (1.2–)1.8–2.2 × 2.2–2.4 mm, ± equaling to longer than calyx.
3–4.
(4–)6.
Lechea stricta
Lechea san-sabeana
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 san-sabeana is known from a variety of sandy habitats in the eastern half of Texas.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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