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Lechea tenuifolia

narrow-leaf pinweed
Habit 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).

Lechea tenuifolia
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 (300–1000 ft)
Distribution
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AL; AR; CT; DE; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MN; MO; MS; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV
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Source FNA vol. 6, p. 396.
Parent taxa Cistaceae > Lechea
Sibling taxa
L. cernua, L. deckertii, L. divaricata, L. intermedia, L. lakelae, L. maritima, L. mensalis, L. minor, L. mucronata, L. pulchella, L. racemulosa, L. san-sabeana, L. sessiliflora, L. stricta, L. torreyi
Synonyms L. tenuifolia var. occidentalis
Name authority Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 77. (1803)
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