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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lechea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Cistaceae
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Read more about Narrowleaf Pinweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lechea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lechea tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lechea tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the pinweeds (Lechea, Cistaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Lechea tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-03-003:
Lechea tenuifolia FAMILY Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lechea tenuifolia
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Pinweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lete_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm181119_5995
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Stems 5-30cm tall. Branches fairly short-spreading to spreading-ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm181119_5996
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm181119_5997
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
A perennial with a tap root, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lechea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lechea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lechea tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lechea tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Key to the pinweeds (Lechea, Cistaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Lechea tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-03-003:
Lechea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lechea tenuifolia
4270
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry oak-pine forests and openings, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain & Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Basal shoots evergreen
Simple
Basal rosette & lower opposite, subopposite or whorled, upper usually alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Reddish or maroon
5 sepals
3 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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