Lechea torreyi
Lechea deckertii
Piedmont pinweed
Deckert's pinweed
basal produced; flowering erect, 30–50 cm, densely sericeous.
basal not produced; flowering erect, 7–30 cm, sparsely sericeous.
of flowering stems alternate to subopposite;
blade linear to narrowly elliptic, 10–20 × 1–1.5 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface pilose, adaxial glabrous.
of flowering stems alternate to subopposite;
blade linear, 3–7 × 0.5–1 mm, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surface sparsely pilose on midvein and margins, adaxial glabrous.
1 per axil, 0.5–1.5 mm.
1 per axil, 1–1.5 mm.
calyx 1.8–2.1 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner.
calyx 1–1.2 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner.
ovoid, 1.5–1.7 × 1.4–1.5 mm, shorter than or ± equaling calyx, with persistent stigma.
subglobose, 1.2–1.5 × 1.1–1.4 mm, longer than calyx, with persistent stigma.
3–6.
1(–2).
Lechea torreyi
Lechea deckertii
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
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Lechea deckertii is widespread in xeric, sandy habitats throughout much of peninsular Florida and also occurs in the eastern Florida panhandle and adjacent southern Georgia.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Panicles loosely flowered; inner sepals brown in fruit, sometimes with some rust coloration; seeds 4–6 1 6a. Lechea torreyi var. torreyi | → 1 |
1. Panicles congested; inner sepals rust colored in fruit; seeds 3 | var. congesta |
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