Lechea torreyi |
Lechea pulchella |
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Piedmont pinweed |
Leggett's pinweed |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial. | Herbs, perennial. | ||||||||||||
Stems | basal produced; flowering erect, 30–50 cm, densely sericeous. |
basal produced; flowering erect, 25–80 cm, sparsely sericeous, glabrescent. |
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Leaves | 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 opposite or subopposite; blade linear to narrowly elliptic, 15–30 × 1.5–3 mm, apex acute, indurate, abaxial surface hairy on midvein and, sometimes, margins, adaxial glabrous. |
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Pedicels | 1 per axil, 0.5–1.5 mm. |
1 per axil, 1–2.3 mm. |
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Flowers | calyx 1.8–2.1 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner. |
calyx 1.4–2 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner. |
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Capsules | ovoid, 1.5–1.7 × 1.4–1.5 mm, shorter than or ± equaling calyx, with persistent stigma. |
subglobose, 1.5–2.2 × 1.3–1.6 mm, longer than calyx. |
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Seeds | 3–6. |
2 or 3(4). |
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Lechea torreyi |
Lechea pulchella |
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Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; MS; NC; SC; Central America (Belize)
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AL; CT; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; LA; MA; MD; MI; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV; ON
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). Intergradation among the varieties of Lechea pulchella in areas of overlap is common (B. A. Sorrie and A. S. Weakley 2007b). Some authors (K. Barringer 2004; R. L. Wilbur 1966) have not recognized infraspecific taxa. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 397. | FNA vol. 6, p. 394. | ||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Cistaceae > Lechea | Cistaceae > Lechea | ||||||||||||
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Name authority | Leggett ex Britton: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 251. (1894) | Rafinesque: New Fl. 1: 91. (1836) | ||||||||||||
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