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Lechea Linnaeus. Common name: Pinweed.

Contributed by Bruce A. Sorrie

Key to Lechea

A genus of about 18 species, herbs, of North America, the West Indies, and Central America.

ID notes: Lechea is recognizable by its production of numerous basal shoots (usually prostrate) in the late summer and fall, often with whorled leaves. These are evergreen and overwinter, and the fertile stems (usually erect or ascending) are produced from renewed growth of the basal shoots in the spring and summer.

References: Arrington & Kubitzki (2003) In Kubitzki & Bayer (2003); Hodgdon (1938); Lemke (2014); Lemke (2015) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015); Sorrie & Weakley (2007b); Sorrie & Weakley (2007c); Spaulding (2013b); Wilbur (1974); Wilbur & Daoud (1961). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Lechea racemulosa | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Lechea deckertii | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Paul Marcum | Lechea minor source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Sonnia Hill | Lechea san-sabeana | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Zihao Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Zihao Wang | Lechea pulchella var. moniliformis source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© aarongunnar, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by aarongunnar | Lechea stricta source | Original Image ⭷ Warning: was NOT research grade.
image of plant© Scott Ward | Lechea divaricata | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Lechea maritima var. virginica | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Collectors SOS | Lechea maritima var. virginica | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Lechea cernua source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Kimberlie Sasan, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kimberlie Sasan | Lechea tenuifolia source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell | Lechea torreyi var. torreyi source | Original Image ⭷

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