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Lakela's pinweed

Lechea lakelae

Family
Cistaceae (Cist family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Florida (Collier Co.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Lechea lakelae, commonly referred to as Lakela's pinweed, is a possibly extinct species of flowering plant endemic to the US state of Florida, where it is only known from Marco Island in Collier County.

Where it grows

This species is only known from the open white sands of fire-dependent habitats of coastal scrub and scrubby flatwoods.

Other Lechea plants

Nodding pinweed · Deckert's pinweed · Drysand pinweed · Largepod pinweed · Beach pinweed · Thymeleaf pinweed · Hairy pinweed · Leggett's pinweed · Illinois pinweed · Piedmont pinweed · Pinweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lechea lakelae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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