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Common Name: thymeleaf pinweed
 
Common Name: thymeleaf pinweed
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This species can be frequent where it occurs (FSU Herbarium).
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==

Revision as of 11:24, 14 July 2015

Lechea minor
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Violales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Lechea
Species: L. minor
Binomial name
Lechea minor
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Natural range of Lechea minor from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common Name: thymeleaf pinweed

This species can be frequent where it occurs (FSU Herbarium).

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

This species can be found in sandy soils in open fields, open bogs, and longleaf pine forests (FSU Herbarium). It also occurs in human disturbed areas such as powerline corridors and in old roadbeds (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Several short-lived perennial forbs also have a seed bank persistent for at least several years.[1]

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Platt, W. J., S. M. Carr, et al. (2006). "Pine savanna overstorey influences on ground-cover biodiversity." Applied Vegetation Science 9: 37-50.