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.
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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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
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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