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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lechea mucronata
FAMILY
Cistaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lechea mucronata
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lechea mucronata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Lechea mucronata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the pinweeds (Lechea, Cistaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Lechea mucronata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lechea mucronata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-03-001:
Lechea villosa FAMILY Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lechea villosa
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Pinweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_levi_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lechea mucronata
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lechea mucronata
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lechea mucronata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Lechea mucronata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Key to the pinweeds (Lechea, Cistaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Lechea mucronata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lechea mucronata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-03-001:
Lechea villosa
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lechea villosa
4697
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Open dry habitats, longleaf pine sandhills, dunes, dry hammocks, woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p478
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p157
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