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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>
 
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; ''L. leggettii'' Britton & Hollick ''var. ramosissima'' Hodgdon; ''L. leggettii var. typica''.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>  
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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/>
  
Varieties: ''Lechea pulchella'' Rafinesque var. ''moniliformis'' (E.P. Bicknell) Seymour; ''Lechea pulchella'' Rafinesque ''var. pulchella'';  ''Lechea pulchella'' Rafinesque var. ''ramosissima'' (Hodgdon) Sorrie & Weakley.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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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==  

Revision as of 15:24, 2 June 2023

Lechea pulchella
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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]

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. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "weakley" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "weakley" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "weakley" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "weakley" defined multiple times with different content
  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.