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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lechea racemulosa   FAMILY Cistaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lechea racemulosa   FAMILY Cistaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lechea racemulosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lechea racemulosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-03-004:

Lechea racemulosa   FAMILY Cistaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lechea racemulosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed


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image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lera_001_lvd

        

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0142

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0144

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaves linear to linear-elliptic, to 1.5cm long and 2.5mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0148

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm210605_1058 copy

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm210605_1059

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm210605_1061

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm210605_1072

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm210706_1842

July    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm210706_1847

July    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3948

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3948b

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Flowers and fruits borne singly (not fascicled), pedicels usually straight, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3949

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Plants profusely branched, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3949b

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3952b

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Tiny flowers' 3 red petals expand only briefly but persist after withering, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3954

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm180828_4228

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

Base of fruiting calyx obconic, contrasting in color & texture w rest of calyx, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm180828_4270

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm180828_4333

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm180828_4333b

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm190825_0969b

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm200808_6958

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Lechea racemulosa, Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed

JK Marlow    jkm220806_9500

August    Henderson County    NC

DuPont State Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lechea racemulosa   FAMILY Cistaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lechea racemulosa   FAMILY Cistaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lechea racemulosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lechea racemulosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-03-004:
Lechea racemulosa   FAMILY Cistaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lechea racemulosa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3283

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry pine woodlands, other woodlands, forest edges, old fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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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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