Lechea san-sabeana
Rhodora 40: 49. 1938.
Common names: San Saba pinweed
EndemicIllustrated
Basionym: Linum san-sabeanum Buckley Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 450. 1862 Lechidium drummondii Spach 1837
Herbs, perennial. Stems: basal produced; flowering erect, 15–35 cm, densely to sparsely sericeous. Leaves of flowering-stems alternate to subopposite; blade linear, 6–18 × 0.6–1.3 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface appressed-pilose mostly on midvein and margins, adaxial glabrous. Pedicels 1 per axil, 3–5 mm. Flowers: calyx 1.8–2.2 mm, outer sepals longer than inner. Capsules secund, depressed-globose, (1.2–) 1.8–2.2 × 2.2–2.4 mm, ± equaling to longer than calyx. Seeds (4–) 6.
Phenology: Flowering spring; fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat: Dry, sandy or gravelly, open sites, woodland margins
Elevation: 10–600 m
Discussion
Lechea san-sabeana is known from a variety of sandy habitats in the eastern half of Texas.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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appressed-pilose +
glabrous +
acute +
overwintering +
ascending +
1-veined +
3;45 +
absent +
secund +
more or less equaling to longer +
exserted +
depressed-globose +
equaling +
separating +
membranous +
San Saba pinweed +
Tex. +
chasmogamous +
capsular +
loculicidal +
Present +
revolute +
longer +
ovate;obovate +
indurate +
parietal +
superior +
orthotropous +
absent +
caducous +
distinct +
usually shorter +
absent +
Rhodora +
1938 +
persistent +
falling +
5;15 +
dimorphic +
flowering +
erect +
sericeous +
dark red +
persistent +
fimbriate-plumose +
caducous +
absent +
Lechea san-sabeana +
Lechea +
species +
perennial +