Lechea stricta

Leggett ex Britton

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

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

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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.
... more about "Lechea stricta"
David E. Lemke +
Leggett ex Britton +
Prairie pinweed +
Ont. +, Ill. +, Iowa +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Nebr. +, N.Dak. +  and Wis. +
100–800 m +
Sandy, open fields, grasslands, lakeshores, woodland margins +
Flowering summer–fall +  and fruiting fall. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
Lechidium +
Lechea stricta +
species +