Lechea intermedia Legg. ex Britton & Hollick is a plant in the Cistaceae family, order Malvales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Lechea intermedia Legg. ex Britton & Hollick

Lechea intermedia Legg. ex Britton & Hollick

Lechea intermedia is an adaptable pinweed species native to central-eastern North America, with several common names.

Family
Genus
Lechea
Order
Malvales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Lechea intermedia Legg. ex Britton & Hollick

Lechea intermedia Legg. ex Britton & Hollick is a pinweed species that belongs to the rock-rose family, Cistaceae. This species goes by several common names: large-pod pinweed, large-podded pinweed, intermediate pinweed, and round-fruited pinweed. It is native to an area extending from central and eastern Canada to northcentral and eastern United States. Across this native range, the species appears to be adaptable, and can persist in a wide variety of open-canopy habitats.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malvales Cistaceae Lechea

More from Cistaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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