Lechea racemulosa
Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 77. 1803.
Herbs, perennial. Stems: basal produced; flowering erect, 25–40 cm, sparsely sericeous. Leaves of flowering-stems opposite to subopposite; blade linearlanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 10–20 × 1–1.5 mm, apex acute, usually indurate, abaxial surface sparsely pilose on midvein and margins, adaxial glabrous. Pedicels 1 per axil, 1–2 mm. Flowers: calyx 1.8–2 mm, indurate, shiny, yellowbrown basally in fruit, outer sepals shorter than or equaling inner. Capsules ellipsoid to ovoid, 1.5–2 × 1–1.2 mm, ± equaling to slightly longer than calyx. Seeds (1–) 2 (–3).
Phenology: Flowering summer; fruiting late summer–fall.
Habitat: Old fields, woodland margins, other dry, sandy, open sites
Elevation: 10–400 m
Distribution
Ala., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ind., Iowa, Ky., La., Md., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.