PLANTS Profile for Lechea pulchella (Leggett's pinweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Lechea pulchella Raf.
Leggett's pinweed

Symbol:

LEPU4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cistaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Lechea pulchella Raf.

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Distribution:
Lechea pulchella Raf.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Lechea pulchella Raf.

View 6 genera in Cistaceae, 17 species in Lechea or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Lechea pulchella Raf. var. moniliformis (E.P. Bicknell) Seymour. .

Lechea pulchella var. moniliformis
Leggett's pinweed

Distribution of Lechea pulchella Raf. var. pulchella. . Image Available.

Lechea pulchella var. pulchella
Leggett's pinweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Lechea pulchella Raf.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Cistaceae – Rock-rose family
Genus	Lechea L. – pinweed
Species	Lechea pulchella Raf. – Leggett's pinweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lechea pulchella Raf.

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Massachusetts:
Lechea pulchella var. moniliformis
beaded pinweed		Endangered
Michigan:
Leggett's pinweed		Threatened
New York:
Lechea pulchella var. moniliformis
bead pinweed		Endangered
Ohio:
Leggett's pinweed		Threatened
Tennessee:
Leggett's pinweed		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Lechea pulchella Raf.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22294.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 05:00 PM CDT