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Cistaceae
Lechea

not marked as a favorite taxon Lechea sessiliflora Rafinesque. Common name: Pineland Pinweed. Phenology: Jul-Aug; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and dry flatwoods. Distribution: A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: s. NC south to s. FL and west to s. MS.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA6, K4, NS, POWO, WH3, Wilbur (1974); = Lechea exserta Small — S13; = Lechea patula Legg. — RAB, Hodgdon (1938), Wilbur & Daoud (1961); > Lechea exserta Small — S; > Lechea patula Legg. — S. Basionym: Lechea sessiliflora Raf. 1836

Links to other floras: = Lechea sessiliflora - FNA6

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Prostrate to erect perennial of sandhills, dry flatwoods, sandy roadsides and coastal scrub and dunes.

Stems: Stems prostrate to flaring out from the base, many-branched, covered with hairs that are pressed against the stem.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, short-petiolate, linear to linear-elliptic, 1/8-3/8 in. long, smooth above and with soft short hairs beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in short panicles, reddish, less than 1/4 in. wide, consisting of 3 minute petals and 5 sepals.

Fruits: Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, less than 1/16 in. long, surrounded by 5 hairy sepals (but still visible) and capped by reddish-brown fringed stigmas.

Comments: Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic.

Height: 4-39 in.

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description: Prostrate to erect perennial of sandhills, dry flatwoods, sandy roadsides and coastal scrub and dunes.

stems: Stems prostrate to flaring out from the base, many-branched, covered with hairs that are pressed against the stem.

leaves: Leaves alternate, short-petiolate, linear to linear-elliptic, 1/8-3/8 in. long, smooth above and with soft short hairs beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in short panicles, reddish, less than 1/4 in. wide, consisting of 3 minute petals and 5 sepals.

fruits: Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, less than 1/16 in. long, surrounded by 5 hairy sepals (but still visible) and capped by reddish-brown fringed stigmas.

comments: Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic.

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native range: southeastern United States



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