Lechea mucronata

Classification	Dicots
Family	Cistaceae
Family (Traditional)	Cistaceae
Genus	Lechea
Species:	Lechea mucronata Raf.
Common Name	Hairy Pinweed
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Arrangement: whorled; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Carpel Number/Pistil: 3; Carpel Number/Pistil: 4; Carpel Number/Pistil: 5; Carpel Number/Pistil: 6; Carpel Number/Pistil: 7; Carpel Number/Pistil: 8; Carpel Number/Pistil: 9; Carpel Number/Pistil: 10; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Ovules per Carpel: 3; Ovules per Carpel: 4; Ovules per Carpel: 5; Ovules per Carpel: 6; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	6
Status	Native; TN[SNR] KY[S4] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms (5)

Synonym	Full Citation
Lechea minor var. villosa	Lechea minor var. villosa (Elliott) B.Boivin
Lechea villosa	Lechea villosa Elliott
Lechea villosa var. macrotheca	Lechea villosa var. macrotheca Hodgdon
Lechea villosa var. schaffneri	Lechea villosa var. schaffneri Hodgdon
Lechea villosa var. villosa	Lechea villosa var. villosa

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Barren (KY), Calloway (KY), Carlisle (KY), Graves (KY), Hardin (KY), Hart (KY), Larue (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Metcalfe (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Chester (TN), Coffee (TN), Dickson (TN), Fayette (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Hardeman (TN), Haywood (TN), Henderson (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), McNairy (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Rutherford (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: MDKY, UCHT, MEM, BEREA, TENN, VDB, APSC, EKY

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1949 - 2010

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
APSC0088238	Barren	Kentucky			APSC Lechea mucronata
TENN-V-0151195	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Lechea mucronata
MEM009979	Calloway	Kentucky	13 Jul 1974	Raymond Athey 2866	MEM Lechea mucronata
BEREA012158	Calloway	Kentucky			BEREA Lechea mucronata
APSC0087837	Calloway	Kentucky			APSC Lechea mucronata
APSC0087838	Calloway	Kentucky			APSC Lechea mucronata
APSC0107391	Calloway	Kentucky			APSC Lechea villosa
APSC0087835	Calloway	Kentucky			APSC Lechea mucronata
APSC0087834	Calloway	Kentucky			APSC Lechea mucronata
MEM017674	Carlisle	Kentucky	13 Aug 1980	Raymond Athey 4563	MEM Lechea mucronata

Lechea mucronata

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Synonyms (5)

Specimens and Distribution

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