Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Cistaceae | Lechea cernua | Scrub Pinweed, Nodding Pinweed | Florida scrub. | N. FL peninsula (Flagler, Lake, and Hernando counties) south to s. FL. | |
Cistaceae | Lechea deckertii | Deckert's Pinweed | Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhills. | Sc. GA (Jones & Coile 1988) south to s. FL and e. Panhandle FL. | |
Cistaceae | Lechea divaricata | Spreading Pinweed | Dry sands of Florida scrub and scrubby flatwoods. | N. peninsular FL, from Volusia and Citrus counties south to s. FL. | |
Cistaceae | Lechea intermedia var. intermedia | Northern Pinweed | Dry areas. | NB west to ON, MN, and SK, south to VA, n. OH, n. IL, and nw. NE. | |
Cistaceae | Lechea lakelae | Lakela’s Pinweed | Florida scrub, scrubby flatwoods. | Endemic to Collier County, FL (possibly extinct). | |
Cistaceae | Lechea maritima var. maritima | Dune Pinweed | Stabilized dune barrens. | S. ME and c. NH south to DE, and disjunct in n. NB (reports of this species south to GA are apparently based on misidentifications). | |
Cistaceae | Lechea maritima var. virginica | Virginia Pinweed | Sandy dunes, flats, and blowouts, often associated with Hudsonia tomentosa. | Var. virginica is endemic from se. DE, e. MD, e. VA, and ne. NC. | |
Cistaceae | Lechea minor | Thymeleaf Pinweed | Pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, pine-oak woodlands, other dry woodlands or openings, sandy disturbed places. | 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). | |
Cistaceae | Lechea mucronata | Hairy Pinweed | Open dry habitats, longleaf pine sandhills, dunes, dry hammocks, woodlands. | NH west to MI and OK, south to c. peninsular FL, TX, and n. Mexico COA, QRO, SLP, TAM, VER). | |
Cistaceae | Lechea prismatica | Prism Pinweed | Florida scrub. | Endemic to c. FL peninsula. | |
Cistaceae | Lechea pulchella var. moniliformis | Bead Pinweed | Dry sandy soils. | Coastal Plain from Nantucket Island, MA south to s. NJ, and disjunct along the Great Lakes (a common phytogeographic pattern, lending credence to the validity of the variety). | |
Cistaceae | Lechea pulchella var. pulchella | Leggett’s Pinweed | Dry woodlands, disturbed places. | Var. pulchella ranges from e. MA west to ne. OH, south to c. VA. | |
Cistaceae | Lechea pulchella var. ramosissima | Southern Hairy Pinweed | Pine-oak woodlands, pine savannas, pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, openings in maritime forests, sometimes in wet, almost peaty soils. | Se. VA south to n. FL and west to e. LA; disjunct in sc. TN (Coffee County). | |
Cistaceae | Lechea racemulosa | Appalachian Pinweed | Dry pine woodlands, other woodlands, forest edges, old fields. | Se. NY west to s. OH and s. IL, south to se. VA, NC, c. GA, and AL, with a few disjunct occurrences west to MO; the range is centered on the Appalachian Mountains. | |
Cistaceae | Lechea san-sabeana | San Saba Pinweed | Longleaf pine woodlands, sandy, open habitats. | W. LA west to c. and s. TX. | |
Cistaceae | Lechea sessiliflora | Pineland Pinweed | Longleaf pine sandhills and dry flatwoods. | A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: s. NC south to s. FL and west to s. MS. | |
Cistaceae | Lechea stricta | Prairie Pinweed | Dry sandy woodlands, prairies, lakeshores. | S. MI, Upper Peninsula of MI, MN and sw. ON, ND, south to ne. OH, sc. IN, s, IL, IA, and NE. This taxon is primarily midwestern in its distribution, having only been collected once in our region in s. IL (Monroe County) by Robert Evers in 1949 (P. Marcum, pers. comm., 2022). | |
Cistaceae | Lechea tenuifolia | Narrowleaf Pinweed | Dry oak-pine forests and openings. | S. ME south to SC (mostly inner Coastal Plain and Piedmont), and from s. IN n. IL, s. MN, and NE south to e. LA and c. TX. | |
Cistaceae | Lechea torreyi var. congesta | Sandhill Pinweed | Longleaf pine sandhills and wet pine flatwoods. | As interpreted by Hodgdon, L. torreyi consists of two varieties, the more widespread var. congesta ranging from se. NC south to s. FL and west to s. MS (disjunct in Belize), and the more restricted var. torreyi restricted to FL. | |
Cistaceae | Lechea torreyi var. torreyi | Sandhill Pinweed | Longleaf pine sandhills and pine flatwoods. | Se. GA (Charlton County; R. Carter, pers.comm., 2023), ne. FL, and Panhandle FL south to s. peninsular FL. |
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