Lechea racemulosa Michx.

Stems 2–4 dm, thinly appressed-hairy, lvs usually glabrous above, pilose on the margins and on the midrib beneath, those of the basal shoots oblong or elliptic, 4–6 mm, a third as wide, often whorled, the cauline ones narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, 5–8 times as long as wide; panicle usually occupying half the plant, with numerous ascending branches, the fls in short, racemiform clusters on pedicels 1–3 (avg 2 or more) mm at maturity; outer sep from distinctly shorter than to about as long as the inner; fruiting cal with a differentiated basal part, as indicated in the key; seeds 1–3. Dry soil; se. N.Y. to O. and s. Ind., s. to Ga. and Ala.; also nw. Ind. and s. Mo.