Pinweeds
Lechea
Lechea (pinweed) is a genus in the family Cistaceae of the order Malvales. The genus contains about 18 species referred to as "pinweeds" primarily in eastern North America. Most are low-growing herbs with narrow leaves and many small flowers that resemble pinheads.
Linnaeus named the genus Lechea for Swedish botanist Johan Leche (1704–1764), who taught in Finland and is regarded as the father of Finnish meteorology and space research, based on his documentation of the northern lights and early measurements of air temperature in collaboration with Anders Celsius.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hairy Pinweed
speciesLechea mucronata
narrowleaf pinweed
speciesLechea intermedia
slender pinweed
speciesLechea tenuifolia
Nodding Pinweed
speciesLechea cernua
Deckert's pinweed
speciesLechea deckertii
Sandhill Pinweed
speciesLechea torreyi
Beach Pinweed
speciesLechea maritima
Illinois Pinweed
speciesLechea racemulosa
Drysand Pinweed
speciesLechea divaricata
Leggett's Pinweed
speciesLechea pulchella
San Saba Pinweed
speciesLechea san-sabeana
pineland pinweed
speciesLechea sessiliflora
Thymeleaf Pinweed
speciesLechea minor
Upright Pinweed
speciesLechea stricta
Lechea mensalis
speciesLechea mensalis
Lakela's Pinweed
speciesLechea lakelae
Lechea cubensis
speciesLechea cubensis
Lechea tripetala
speciesLechea tripetala
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 131554.