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6. Lechea maritima Leggett ex Britton, Catal. Fl. New Jersey. 13. 1881.
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Beach or hoary or seaside pinweed Beach or hoary or seaside pinweed
Lechea minor Linnaeus var. maritima (Leggett ex Britton) A. Gray
Herbs, perennial. Stems: basal produced; flowering erect or procumbent to ascending, 15–35 cm, densely sericeous. Leaves of flowering stems whorled; blade narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 7–25 × 1.2–4 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface pilose, adaxial glabrous or sparsely pilose. Pedicels 1 per axil, 1–1.5 mm. Flowers: calyx 1.6–2.1 mm, outer sepals shorter than to ± equaling inner. Capsules subglobose to broadly ovoid, 1.3–2.1 × 1.5–1.9 mm, shorter than calyx. Seeds 2–5(–6).
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora): e North America.
The varieties of Lechea maritima show appreciable overlap in many vegetative features but can be readily distinguished by the characters used here.
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Flowering stems mostly branching distal to middle; outer sepals nearly equaling inner |
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6b Lechea maritima var. subcylindrica |
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Flowering stems mostly branching proximal to middle; outer sepals shorter than inner |
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Seeds 3–4(–5), weakly 3-sided or 2-sided and convex; stems erect to procumbent, 1–2.5 mm diam.; sepals usually strongly maroon tinged, sometimes brown. |
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6a Lechea maritima var. maritima |
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Seeds 2(–3), 2-sided and flat or convex; stems procumbent to ascending, 2–4 mm diam.; sepals usually brown, sometimes maroon tinged. |
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6c Lechea maritima var. virginica |
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