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Common name: Leggett's pinweed
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Common name: bead pinweed, Leggett's pinweed, southern hairy pinweed<ref name=weakley>Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
Synonyms: ''Lechea leggettii'' Britton & Hollick; ''L. leggettii'' var. ''moniliformis'' (E.P. Bicknell) Hodgdon
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Synonyms: ''Lechea leggettii'' var. ''moniliformis'' (E.P. Bicknell) Hodgdon; ''L. leggettii'' var. ''leggettii''; ''L. leggettii'' Britton & Hollick ''var. ramosissima'' Hodgdon; ''L. leggettii var. typica''<ref name=weakley/> 
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Varieties: ''Lechea pulchella'' Rafinesque var. ''moniliformis'' (E.P. Bicknell) Mohlenbrock; ''Lechea pulchella'' Rafinesque ''var. pulchella'';  ''Lechea pulchella'' Rafinesque var. ''ramosissima'' (Hodgdon) Sorrie & Weakley<ref name=weakley/>
  
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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Recorded to be a frequent species where found. <ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014.  Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, and R. A. Norris.  States and Counties: Florida: Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Atkinson and Thomas.</ref>
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Recorded to be a frequent species where found.<ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014.  Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, and R. A. Norris.  States and Counties: Florida: Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Atkinson and Thomas.</ref>
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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''Lechea pulchella var. moniliformis'' is common from the Coastal Plain to Nantucket Island, extending form Massachusetts to southern New Jersey, with disjunct populations along the Great Lakes.<ref name=weakley/>
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''Lechea pulchella var. pulchella'' ranges from eastern Massachusetts to northeastern Ohio, then south to central Virginia.<ref name=weakley/>
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''Lechea pulchella var. ramosissima'' is found from southeastern Virginia, south to northern Florida, and then west to eastern Louisiana. There are disjunct populations in Tennessee.<ref name=weakley/>
  
 
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This species can be found in dry, loamy sands in open flatwoods, bogs, pine-oak scrub, and bordering tidal marshes. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> It has also been found growing in grassy areas near borrow pits and alongside trails. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> Associated species include Longleaf pine and wiregrass. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
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This species can be found in dry, loamy sands in open flatwoods, bogs, pine-oak scrub, and bordering tidal marshes.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> It has also been found growing in grassy areas near borrow pits and alongside trails.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> Associated species include Longleaf pine and wiregrass.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
  
 
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This species flowers from June through August and fruits from August through October.<ref name=weakley/>  
 
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==Conservation and management==
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
  
==Cultivation and restoration==
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==Cultural use==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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Latest revision as of 15:26, 2 June 2023

Lechea pulchella
Lech pulc.jpg
Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Nature Photography by Shirley Denton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Violales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Lechea
Species: L. pulchella
Binomial name
Lechea pulchella
Raf.
LECH PULC dist.jpg
Natural range of Lechea pulchella from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: bead pinweed, Leggett's pinweed, southern hairy pinweed[1]

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Lechea leggettii var. moniliformis (E.P. Bicknell) Hodgdon; L. leggettii var. leggettii; L. leggettii Britton & Hollick var. ramosissima Hodgdon; L. leggettii var. typica[1]

Varieties: Lechea pulchella Rafinesque var. moniliformis (E.P. Bicknell) Mohlenbrock; Lechea pulchella Rafinesque var. pulchella; Lechea pulchella Rafinesque var. ramosissima (Hodgdon) Sorrie & Weakley[1]

Description

Recorded to be a frequent species where found.[2]

Distribution

Lechea pulchella var. moniliformis is common from the Coastal Plain to Nantucket Island, extending form Massachusetts to southern New Jersey, with disjunct populations along the Great Lakes.[1]

Lechea pulchella var. pulchella ranges from eastern Massachusetts to northeastern Ohio, then south to central Virginia.[1]

Lechea pulchella var. ramosissima is found from southeastern Virginia, south to northern Florida, and then west to eastern Louisiana. There are disjunct populations in Tennessee.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

This species can be found in dry, loamy sands in open flatwoods, bogs, pine-oak scrub, and bordering tidal marshes.[2] It has also been found growing in grassy areas near borrow pits and alongside trails.[2] Associated species include Longleaf pine and wiregrass.[2]

Phenology

This species flowers from June through August and fruits from August through October.[1]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, and R. A. Norris. States and Counties: Florida: Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Atkinson and Thomas.