Lechea mucronata

Lechea mucronata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Lechea
Species:
L. mucronata
Binomial name
Lechea mucronata

Lechea mucronata, commonly known as hairy pinweed, is a perennial forb. It is native to North America and is found from New Hampshire west to Michigan and Oklahoma, south to central peninsular Florida, Texas, and northern Mexico. It grows in open dry habitats, dunes, dry hammocks, woodlands, and longleaf pine sandhills.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Lechea mucronata (Hairy Pinweed) - FSUS". fsus.ncbg.unc.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-26.