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|accepted_name=Lechea divaricata
|accepted_authority=Shuttleworth ex Britton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=21: 249. 1894
|year=1894
}}
|common_names=Dry-sand or spreading pinweed
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lechea major var. divaricata
|authority=(Shuttleworth ex Britton) A. Gray
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Cistaceae;Lechea;Lechea divaricata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cistaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lechea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lechea divaricata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 390
|treatment_page=page 391
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties=""><b>Stems:</b> basal not produced;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem life cycle;stem orientation;stem some measurement;stem pubescence">flowering erect, 25–60 cm, spreading-villous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>of flowering-stems alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade length;blade width;apex shape;abaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface pubescence">blade lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 5–8 × 1–3 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface villous on midvein and margins, adaxial glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="pedicel quantity;pedicel some measurement"><b>Pedicels </b>1 per axil, 1–1.5 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="calyx some measurement;calyx coloration;outer sepal height or length or size"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx 1.3–1.5 mm, usually lightly colored basally, outer sepals shorter than inner.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule length;capsule width;capsule length or size"><b>Capsules </b>ellipsoid, 1.8–2 × 1.6–1.7 mm, longer than calyx.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="seed atypical quantity;seed quantity;coat texture;coat coloration"><b>Seeds </b>1 (–3), membranous coat white.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Dry, open sand-scrub and flatwoods
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Fla.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p>Lechea divaricata is endemic to peninsular Florida but apparently absent from the Florida Keys. A report of L. divaricata from Alabama was based on a misidentified specimen of L. mucronata (D. D. Spaulding 2013).</p>
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name=Lechea divaricata
|authority=Shuttleworth ex Britton
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lechea major var. divaricata
|basionyms=
|family=Cistaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Dry, open sand-scrub and flatwoods
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Fla.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1894
|special status=Conservation concern;Endemic
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|genus=Lechea
|species=Lechea divaricata
|abaxial surface pubescence=villous
|adaxial surface pubescence=glabrous
|apex shape=acute
|blade length=5mm;8mm
|blade shape=lanceolate;elliptic-lanceolate
|blade width=1mm;3mm
|calyx coloration=colored
|calyx some measurement=1.3mm;1.5mm
|capsule length=1.8mm;2mm
|capsule length or size=longer
|capsule shape=ellipsoid
|capsule width=1.6mm;1.7mm
|coat coloration=white
|coat texture=membranous
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|outer sepal height or length or size=shorter
|pedicel quantity=1
|pedicel some measurement=1mm;1.5mm
|seed atypical quantity=1;3
|seed quantity=1
|stem life cycle=flowering
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=spreading-villous
|stem some measurement=25cm;60cm
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
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