Lechea maritima var. maritima

[E]
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 393.

Flowering-stems erect to procumbent, 15–35 cm × 1–2.5 mm, mostly branching proximal to middle. Sepals usually strongly maroon tinged, sometimes brown, outer sepals shorter than inner. Seeds 3–4 (–5), weakly 3-sided or 2-sided and convex.


Phenology: Flowering summer; fruiting late summer–fall.
Habitat: Coastal sands, pine barrens
Elevation: 0–20 m

Distribution

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Conn., Del., Maine, Md., Mass., N.H., N.J., N.Y., R.I.

Discussion

Disjunct populations from eastern Canada are treated here as var. subcylindrica.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

pilose +  and glabrous +
David E. Lemke +
bracteolate +  and 1-3-flowered +
overwintering +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
narrowly elliptic +  and oblanceolate +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
subglobose;broadly ovoid +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
membranous +
Conn. +, Del. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +  and R.I. +
0–20 m +
connate +  and distinct +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
proximal +  and middle +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
Coastal sands, pine barrens +
congested +  and loose +
racemose +  and paniculate +
sessile +  and petiolate +
undulate +  and revolute +
ovate;obovate +
6-12-carpellate +, 5-carpellate +, 3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
orthotropous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
crumpled +  and imbricate +
green +  and maroon +
distinct +
Flowering summer +  and fruiting late summer–fall. +
Catal. Fl. New Jersey, +
brown +  and maroon tinged +
persistent +
ascending +  and erect +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
persistent +
fimbriate-plumose +
sessile +  and petiolate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
Lechea minor var. maritima +
Lechea maritima var. maritima +
Lechea maritima +
variety +
glabrous +, villous +  and sericeous +