familyCistaceae
genusLechea

Lechea minor

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 90. 1753.

Common names: Thymeleaved pinweed
Endemic
Synonyms: Lechea thymifolia Michaux
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 394. Mentioned on page 390.

Herbs, biennial or perennial. Stems: basal produced; flowering erect, 20–50 cm, sparsely sericeous. Leaves of flowering-stems whorled or opposite; blade elliptic to lanceolate, 8–15 × 4–7 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface pilose on midvein and margins, adaxial sparsely pilose or glabrous. Pedicels 1 per axil, 0.5–2 mm. Flowers: calyx 1.6–2 mm, outer sepals longer than inner. Capsules ellipsoid to ellipsoid-ovoid, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm, ± equaling calyx. Seeds 2–3.


Phenology: Flowering summer; fruiting late summer–fall.
Habitat: Dry sandy or gravelly soil of pine-oak woodlands, savannas, sandhills, disturbed sites
Elevation: 10–600 m

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., Wis.

Discussion

Lechea minor may have been extirpated from the Canadian portion of its range.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

... more about "Lechea minor"
glabrous +  and pilose +
David E. Lemke +
Linnaeus +
bracteolate +  and 1-3-flowered +
overwintering +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
elliptic +  and lanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
ellipsoid;ellipsoid-ovoid +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
membranous +
Thymeleaved pinweed +
Ont. +, Ala. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +  and Wis. +
10–600 m +
connate +  and distinct +
loculicidal +
Dry sandy or gravelly soil of pine-oak woodlands, savannas, sandhills, disturbed sites +
congested +  and loose +
racemose +  and paniculate +
sessile +  and petiolate +
opposite +  and whorled +
undulate +  and revolute +
ovate;obovate +
6-12-carpellate +, 5-carpellate +, 3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
orthotropous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
crumpled +  and imbricate +
green +  and maroon +
distinct +
Flowering summer +  and fruiting late summer–fall. +
compressed +  and ovoid +
persistent +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 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 thymifolia +
Lechea minor +
species +
perennial +  and biennial +
glabrous +, villous +  and sericeous +