Lechea minor

Classification	Dicots
Family	Cistaceae
Family (Traditional)	Cistaceae
Genus	Lechea
Species:	Lechea minor L.
Common Name	Thymeleaf 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: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LRC; 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: 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); Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Pistil Number: 1; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	7
Status	Native; TN[SNR] KY[S2?] (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

No synonyms exist for this species.

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: Adair (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Powell (KY), Rowan (KY), Wolfe (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Carter (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hickman (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1979 - 2017

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
MDKY00009339	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151171	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151187	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
APSC0053565	Cumberland	Tennessee	05 Oct 1985	R. Kral 73057	APSC Lechea minor
APSC0082844	Coffee	Tennessee	29 May 1985	M. Medley 13038-85	APSC Lechea minor
HTTU024054		Tennessee			HTTU Lechea minor
N/A	Powell	Kentucky	06 Jun 1990	Ross C. Clark 22492	EKY Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151172	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151192	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151194	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151191	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151394	Adair	Kentucky			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151175	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151176	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151179	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
APSC0087520	Fentress	Tennessee	14 May 2017	Mason Brock, Devin Rodgers 1717	APSC Lechea minor
BRIT111714		Tennessee			VDB Lechea minor
N/A	Powell	Kentucky	06 Jun 1990	Ross C. Clark 22492	EKY Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151173	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151185	Lewis	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
UCHT019711	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Lechea minor
UOS02194	Franklin	Tennessee	02 Jul 1998	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Lechea minor
31973000009038	McCreary	Kentucky			KNK Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151181	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151193	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151189	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151178	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151183	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
BRIT111713		Tennessee			VDB Lechea minor
BRIT111716		Tennessee			VDB Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151184	Lawrence	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151180	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151177	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
BRIT111711		Tennessee			VDB Lechea minor
BRIT111712		Tennessee			VDB Lechea minor
ETSU015500	Hamblen	Tennessee			ETSU Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151182	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151190	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
BRIT111710		Tennessee			VDB Lechea minor
MDKY00009338	McCreary	Kentucky			MDKY Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151186	Lewis	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
APSC0018655	Giles	Tennessee	00 Aug 2003	Dwayne Estes 5309	APSC Lechea minor
UOS02193	Van Buren	Tennessee	11 Jul 2001	Chris A. Fleming	UOS Lechea minor
31234100358520	Wolfe	Kentucky	12 Jul 1979	Richard H. Hannan 2947	EKY Lechea minor
31234100772464	Powell	Kentucky	06 Jun 1990	Ross C. Clark 22492	EKY Lechea minor
BEREA012163	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151174	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
TENN-V-0151188	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Lechea minor
BRIT111715		Tennessee			VDB Lechea minor

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