familyCistaceae
genusLechea
speciesLechea stricta

Lechea stricta

Leggett ex Britton

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 251. 1894.

David E. Lemke
Common names: Prairie pinweed
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 396. Mentioned on page 391.

Herbs, perennial. Stems: basal produced; flowering erect, 25–45 cm, densely sericeous. Leaves of flowering-stems alternate or subopposite; blade narrowly oblanceolate, 13–20 × 1.5–3 mm, apex acute, often mucronate, abaxial surface pilose, adaxial glabrous. Pedicels 1 per axil, 1.6–2 mm. Flowers: calyx 1.6–1.8 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner. Capsules subglobose to broadly ovoid, (1.8–) 2–2.5 × 2–2.5 mm, ± equaling calyx. Seeds 3–4.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall; fruiting fall.
Habitat: Sandy, open fields, grasslands, lakeshores, woodland margins
Elevation: 100–800 m

Distribution

V6 746-distribution-map.jpg

Ont., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Minn., Nebr., N.Dak., Wis.

Discussion

Some individuals of Lechea stricta can be difficult to determine with certainty; the extremes of variation of L. stricta often grade into that of L. intermedia and L. pulchella.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

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Abaxial surface pubescence
pilose +
Adaxial surface pubescence
glabrous +
Apex shape
mucronate +  and acute +
Author
David E. Lemke +
Authority
Leggett ex Britton +
Axil architecture
bracteolate +  and 1-3-flowered +
Basal stem duration
overwintering +
Basal stem growth form
Prostrate (Procumbent) +
Basal stem orientation
ascending +
Blade architecture
1-veined +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade length
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Blade quantity
3;45 +
Blade shape
oblanceolate +
Blade width
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Bract presence
absent +
Calyx some measurement
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
Calyx variability
equaling +
Capsule architecture
3-valved +
Capsule atypical length
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Capsule length
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Capsule position
exserted +
Capsule shape
subglobose;broadly ovoid +
Capsule width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Carpel quantity
3 (?) +
Coat arrangement
separating +
Coat texture
membranous +
Common name
Prairie pinweed +
Distribution
Ont. +, Ill. +, Iowa +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Nebr. +, N.Dak. +  and Wis. +
Elevation
100–800 m +
Filament fusion
connate +  and distinct +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower reproduction
chasmogamous +
Flowering-stem orientation
Erect (Spreading-ascending) +
Fruit architecture
capsular +
Fruit dehiscence
loculicidal +
Habitat
Sandy, open fields, grasslands, lakeshores, woodland margins +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Linny Heagy +
Inflorescence architecture
congested +  and loose +
Inflorescence arrangement
racemose +  and paniculate +
Inner sepal quantity
3 +
Leaf architecture
sessile +  and petiolate +
Leaf arrangement
subopposite +  and alternate +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin shape
undulate +  and revolute +
Margin shape or vernation
revolute +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Outer integument width
thin +
Outer sepal arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Outer sepal height or length or size
shorter +
Outer sepal quantity
2 +
Outer sepal shape
ovate;obovate +
Outer sepal texture
indurate +
Ovary architecture
6-12-carpellate +, 5-carpellate +, 3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
Ovary placentation
parietal +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovule architecture
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
Ovule orientation
orthotropous +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Pedicel quantity
1 +
Pedicel some measurement
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Petal arrangement
crumpled +  and imbricate +
Petal coloration
green +  and maroon +
Petal duration
caducous +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal height or length or size
usually shorter +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal quantity
3 +
Phenology
Flowering summer–fall +  and fruiting fall. +
Publication title
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
Publication year
1894 +
Reference
None +
Seed atypical quantity
1 (3) +
Seed quantity
3;4 +
Seed shape
compressed +  and ovoid +
Sepal duration
persistent +
Sepal life cycle
falling +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Source xml
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Special status
Endemic +
Stamen atypical quantity
15 (25) +
Stamen quantity
5;15 +
Stem growth form
dimorphic +
Stem life cycle
flowering +
Stem orientation
erect +
Stem pubescence
sericeous +
Stem some measurement
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
Stigma coloration
dark red +
Stigma duration
persistent +
Stigma quantity
3 +
Stigma shape
fimbriate-plumose +
Stipule architecture
sessile +  and petiolate +
Stipule duration
caducous +
Style presence
absent +
Style quantity
1 +
Style some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
Synonyms
Lechidium +
Taxon family
Cistaceae +
Taxon name
Lechea stricta +
Taxon parent
Lechea +
Taxon rank
species +
Volume
Volume 6 +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism pubescence
glabrous +, villous +  and sericeous +
Whole organism some measurement
1.5dm (9dm) +
X chromosome quantity
9 +