Lechea mucronata

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

Description

Common Name: hairy pinweed

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

This species has been found in open areas in sandy soils of longleaf pine, scrub oak, wiregrass sand ridges as well as sandhills in general (FSU Herbarium). It has also been found in human disturbed areas around garbage dumps and powerline corridors (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

This species has been observed to flower in September and December (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes