Lechea maritima Legg. ex Britton & Hollick

Beach pinweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Cistaceae > Lechea

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial. Stems: basal produced; flowering erect or procumbent to ascending, 15–35 cm, densely sericeous. Leaves of flowering stems whorled; blade narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 7–25 × 1.2–4 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface pilose, adaxial glabrous or sparsely pilose. Pedicels 1 per axil, 1–1.5 mm. Flowers: calyx 1.6–2.1 mm, outer sepals shorter than to ± equaling inner. Capsules subglobose to broadly ovoid, 1.3–2.1 × 1.5–1.9 mm, shorter than calyx. Seeds 2–5(–6).
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

Lechea maritima unspecified picture

Distribution

Lechea maritima world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:169305-1
WFO ID wfo-0001295604
COL ID 6P5HN
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Synonyms

Lechea thymifolia Lechea maritima Lechea minor var. maritima Lechea maritima var. maritima

Lower taxons

Lechea maritima var. subcylindrica Lechea maritima var. virginica