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Cistaceae
Lechea

not marked as a favorite taxon Lechea minor Linnaeus. Common name: Thymeleaf Pinweed. Phenology: Jul-Aug; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, pine-oak woodlands, other dry woodlands or openings, sandy disturbed places. Distribution: MA and VT west to s. ON and n. IN, south to c. peninsular FL and LA (primarily Coastal Plain and around the Great Lakes).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, Fl4, FNA6, G, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, Hodgdon (1938), Spaulding (2013a), Wilbur & Daoud (1961), Wilbur (1974); = Lechea thymifolia Michx. Basionym: Lechea minor L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Lechea minor - FNA6

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Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Lechea minor© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
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NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to ascending perennial of savannas, sandhills, pine-oak woodlands and sandy, disturbed places.

Stems: Stems usually from prostrate evergreen basal shoots of the previous growing season; abundantly branched, especially along the upper 2/3 of the plant, and sparsely to moderately covered with hairs pressed upward against the stem.

Leaves: Stem leaves (when present) opposite or whorled, sessile or short-petiolate, oblong to narrowly lance-shaped, 1/4-1/2 in. long, smooth except for short hairs on margins and midrib beneath. Leaves on basal shoots opposite or whorled, oval or broadly elliptic, 1/8-1/4 in. long; may be softly long-hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in compact overlapping clusters or short racemes, reddish or maroon, with 3 petals mostly shorter than the enclosing calyx and rarely seen open; calyx about 1/16 in. long, consisting of 2 outer narrow inconspicuous sepals that are longer than the 3 inner elliptic to oval sepals, which are dry and membranous.

Fruits: Fruit an erect, oval capsule protruding above enclosing sepals.

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Height: 4-28 in.

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description: Erect to ascending perennial of savannas, sandhills, pine-oak woodlands and sandy, disturbed places.

stems: Stems usually from prostrate evergreen basal shoots of the previous growing season; abundantly branched, especially along the upper 2/3 of the plant, and sparsely to moderately covered with hairs pressed upward against the stem.

leaves: Stem leaves (when present) opposite or whorled, sessile or short-petiolate, oblong to narrowly lance-shaped, 1/4-1/2 in. long, smooth except for short hairs on margins and midrib beneath. Leaves on basal shoots opposite or whorled, oval or broadly elliptic, 1/8-1/4 in. long; may be softly long-hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in compact overlapping clusters or short racemes, reddish or maroon, with 3 petals mostly shorter than the enclosing calyx and rarely seen open; calyx about 1/16 in. long, consisting of 2 outer narrow inconspicuous sepals that are longer than the 3 inner elliptic to oval sepals, which are dry and membranous.

fruits: Fruit an erect, oval capsule protruding above enclosing sepals.

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