Pinweeds (Lechea)

Johan Leche, 1704-1764, Swedish botanist. Tiny, linear leaves.

..... whorled lvs: ..... ..... not whorled: .....
..... narrow lanceolate to oblong oblong to elliptical elliptical to ovate linear narrow lance to narrow elliptical
1)outer sep about as long or longer than the inner .... ..... ..... ..... .....
stem 1-3cm ..... ..... ..... narrow-lvd p.w. (2.tenuifolia = slender-lvd) dry soil, upland woods & barrens; s ME to SC .....
2-4 or 2-5 ..... (4.racemulosa) dry soil; se NY to GA (3.minor = smaller) dry soil, us. in sunny places; MA to FL ..... .....
2-8 ..... ..... hairy p.w. (1.mucronata = mucronate) hairs of stem spreading as opp. to appressed or ascending; basal whorled; fields & open woods in dry or sandy soil; NH to FL ..... .....
1) outer sepal about as long thean the inner ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
canescent herbage ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
1-4 (5.maritima = maritime) sandy soil near the sea ..... ..... ..... .....
1-5 ..... ..... ..... ..... (6.stricta - upright) X dry, sandy woods, prairies & shores; midwest
green herbage ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
2-6 ..... intermediate p.w. (8.intermedia = intermediate) basal, whorled; dry, sterile or sandy soil; fruiting calyx subglobose; Cape Breton Is to PA & in mts to VA ..... ..... .....
2-8 (7.pulchella) dry soil fruiting calyx obovoid; MA to FL (4.racemulosa = with small racemes) fruiting calyx narrowly obovoid; fruit & calyx twice as long as thick ..... ..... .....