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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lechea racemulosa
FAMILY
Cistaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lechea racemulosa
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lechea racemulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lechea racemulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-03-004:
Lechea racemulosa FAMILY Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lechea racemulosa
COMMON NAME:
Racemose Pinweed, Appalachian Pinweed, Oblong-fruit Pinweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lera_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0142
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0144
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves linear to linear-elliptic, to 1.5cm long and 2.5mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0148
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210605_1058 copy
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210605_1059
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210605_1061
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210605_1072
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1842
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1847
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3948
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3948b
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Flowers and fruits borne singly (not fascicled), pedicels usually straight, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3949
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Plants profusely branched, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3949b
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3952b
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Tiny flowers' 3 red petals expand only briefly but persist after withering, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3954
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4228
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Base of fruiting calyx obconic, contrasting in color & texture w rest of calyx, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4270
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4333
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4333b
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190825_0969b
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6958
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm220806_9500
August Henderson County NC
DuPont State Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lechea racemulosa
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lechea racemulosa
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lechea racemulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lechea racemulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-03-004:
Lechea racemulosa
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lechea racemulosa
3283
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry pine woodlands, other woodlands, forest edges, old fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Basal shoots evergreen
Simple
Basal rosette & lower opposite, subopposite or whorled, upper usually alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Reddish or maroon
5 sepals
3 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p479
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p100
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