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| name = Lechea pulchella | | name = Lechea pulchella | ||
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| − | Common name: Leggett's pinweed | + | 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 | + | 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 | + | 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== | ||
| + | ''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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==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
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| − | This species can be found in dry, loamy sands in open flatwoods, bogs, pine-oak scrub, and bordering tidal marshes | + | 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"/> |
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
| − | This species | + | This species flowers from June through August and fruits from August through October.<ref name=weakley/> |
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| − | ==Conservation and | + | ==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration== |
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| + | ==Cultural use== | ||
==Photo Gallery== | ==Photo Gallery== | ||
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==References and notes== | ==References and notes== | ||
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| 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. | |
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| Natural range of Lechea pulchella from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: bead pinweed, Leggett's pinweed, southern hairy pinweed[1]
Contents
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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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.
