Lechea torreyi
Lechea lakelae
Piedmont pinweed
Lakela's pinweed
basal produced; flowering erect, 30–50 cm, densely sericeous.
basal not produced; flowering erect, (20–)30–40 cm, glabrous.
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;
blade linear to narrowly elliptic, 7–15 × 0.5–1.5 mm, apex rounded to acute, surfaces glabrous.
1 per axil, 0.5–1.5 mm.
1 per axil, 0.7–2 mm.
calyx 1.8–2.1 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner.
calyx 1.5–1.9 mm, slightly indurate, discolored basally, outer sepals shorter than inner.
ovoid, 1.5–1.7 × 1.4–1.5 mm, shorter than or ± equaling calyx, with persistent stigma.
ovoid to globose, 1.2–1.6 × 1–1.4 mm, ± equaling calyx.
3–6.
2–3.
Lechea torreyi
Lechea lakelae
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
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Of conservation concern.
Lechea lakelae is known only from coastal scrub woodlands in Collier County; it has not been collected since 1987 and may have been extirpated.
(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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