Lechea torreyi Legg. ex Britton

Piedmont pinweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Cistaceae > Lechea

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial. Stems: basal produced; flowering erect, 30–50 cm, densely sericeous. Leaves of flowering stems alternate to subopposite; blade linear to narrowly elliptic, 10–20 × 1–1.5 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface pilose, adaxial glabrous. Pedicels 1 per axil, 0.5–1.5 mm. Flowers: calyx 1.8–2.1 mm, outer sepals shorter than inner. Capsules ovoid, 1.5–1.7 × 1.4–1.5 mm, shorter than or ± equaling calyx, with persistent stigma. Seeds 3–6.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30077418-2
WFO ID wfo-0001295613
COL ID 3STHX
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Synonyms

Lechea cinerea Lechea torreyi

Lower taxons

Lechea torreyi var. congesta