Lechea sessiliflora
New Fl. 1: 97. 1836.
Common names: Pineland pinweed
Endemic
Synonyms: Lechea exserta Small L. patula Leggett L. prismatica Small
Herbs, perennial. Stems: basal produced; flowering erect, 15–70 cm, sericeous. Leaves of flowering-stems alternate or subopposite; blade linear to narrowly elliptic, 4–15 × 0.3–1.5 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface pilose on midvein and margins, adaxial glabrous. Pedicels 1 per axil, 1–1.8 mm. Flowers: calyx 0.8–1.1 mm, outer sepals usually ± equaling or longer than, occasionally shorter than, inner. Capsules ellipsoid to obovoid, 1.6–1.9 × 0.9–1.1 mm, longer than calyx, with persistent stigma. Seeds 1 (–2).
Phenology: Flowering summer; fruiting fall.
Habitat: Sandhills, pine-oak woodlands, flatwoods, dry, open sites
Elevation: 10–100 m
Distribution
Ala., Fla., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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pilose +
glabrous +
acute +
overwintering +
ascending +
1-veined +
3;45 +
absent +
3-valved +
longer +
exserted +
ellipsoid;obovoid +
separating +
membranous +
Pineland pinweed +
chasmogamous +
capsular +
loculicidal +
revolute +
ovate;obovate +
indurate +
parietal +
superior +
orthotropous +
absent +
caducous +
distinct +
usually shorter +
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New Fl. +
1836 +
persistent +
falling +
Endemic +
5;15 +
dimorphic +
flowering +
erect +
sericeous +
dark red +
persistent +
fimbriate-plumose +
caducous +
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Lechea sessiliflora +
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