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Lechea racemulosa Michx. F]. Bor. Am, 1:77. 1803. , RACEMOSE LECHEA. 
Ell. Sk.1:184. Gray, Man. ed.6,78. Chap. Fl. ed. 3,37, Gray, Syn. F1.N. A. 1, pt. 
1: 193. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England west to Iowa, south 
from Tennessee to South Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, in dry rocky soil. Clay County, Baldrock, 2,200 feet, 
Marshall County, on Lookout Mountain range, 1,200 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet, 
Blount County. July; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lechea villosa Ell. Sk.1:184. 1817. PINWEED. 
Lechea major Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:76, 1803. Not L. 
Ell. Sk.l.c. Gray, Man. ed. 6,77; Syn. FILN. A.1, pt.1:192. Chap. FI. 36; ed. 3, 37. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Ontario; southern New England to Michigan, 
Missouri, and Arkansas, south to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Throughout. Dry sterile soil, worn-out fields, pastures. Most abundant 
in the Lower Pine region and Coast plain. Flowers May, June. 14 to 2 feet high. 
Type locality of L. major Michx.: ‘‘ Hab. in apricis aridis Carolinae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Lechea divaricata Shuttleworth; Britton, Bull. Torr, Club, 21: 249, 1894. 
Lechea major divaricata Gray, Syn. F1.N.A.1, pt. 1: 192. 1896. 
MEXIco. DIVARICATELY-BRANCHED PINWEED, 
Louisianian area, Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain, littoral region. Dry sandy banks, Baldwin County, 
eastern shore Mobile Bay (Battle’s Wharf). Sandy exposed shore of Fish River Bay, 
October 4, 1894, Running shoots fully developed, divaricately branched, canescently 
villous with long spreading or adpressed hairs like the fascicled, ovate, slightly 
pointed leaves. Stem 8 to 10 inches high, sinoothish below, divaricately branched 
above the middle. Flowers September, October; not frequent. . 
Type locality: “Florida (Rugel, Garber, Curtiss), Texas (E. Palmer, No, 2025).” 
Lechea tenuifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 1:77. 1803. NARROW-LEAF LECHEA, 
Lechea minor var. vy Torr. & Gray, F1.N.A.1:154, 1838. 
Ell. Sk. 1:185. Gray, Man. ed. 6,77. Chap. FI. 37, in part. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A, 
1, pt. 1:193. 
CUBA. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Eastern Massachusetts to Wisconsin, south to 
Florida, Texas, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt. Dry open places, sandy pine ridges, old fields. Mobile 
and Baldwin counties. Flowers September, October; common, 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in collibus sabulosis juxta amnem Santee.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lechea patula Leggett, Bull. Torr, Club, 6: 251. 1875. SPREADING LECHEA, 
Gray, Syn. F1.N. A. 1, pt. 1: 194. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi? 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry sandy pine ridges. Mobile County, Springhill; rare, 
Type locality: South Carolina and Florida. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Lechea torreyi Leggett; Britton, Bull. Torr, Club, 21:251. 1804, 
ToRREY’s LECHEA. 
Lechea racemulosa Hook. Journ. Bot. 1: 1938. 1834. Not Michx, 
Lechea cinerea torreyi Chap, Fl. ed. 3,87. 1897, 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A.1, pt. 1: 194. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi (Horn Island). 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Dry sands, near seashore. Baldwin County, eastern 
shore Mobile Bay. Mobil County, Dauphin Island. Flowers June, July; rare. 
Type locality of L. racemulosa Hook. : ‘Covington, Louisiana.” Of ZL. torreyi: 
“Florida and South Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
Lechea legettii Britt. & Holl. Prel. Cat. N.Y. 6, 1888. LEGETT’S LECHEA, 
Lechea minor Lam. abl. Eneyel. 1: 221, #.52,f.1. 1791. Not L. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 12198. 
Carolinian and Lounisianian areas, Long Island, New York, Pennsylvania, and 
Virginia, south to South Carolina and I'lorida, west to Arkansas. 
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