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| Lechea intermedia var. depauperata Hodgdon | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Cistaceae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Lechea | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | none | ||||||||
| Common Names: | largepod pinweed impoverished pinweed |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | northwestern Saskatchewan | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | northwestern Saskatchewan; Lake Athabasca | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Athabasca Plain | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | sandy soil in areas prone to periodic flooding, occasionally in recently burned areas | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Endangered |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5T1 S1 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
Vulnerable |
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| COSEWIC Status: | Data Deficient |
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| Largepod pinweed is endangered in Saskatchewan because it is rare and highly regionally restricted in the province. Most local populations are small. Some populations may be protected within the Athabasca Sand Dunes Park Land Reserve. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Height: | 10 – 60 cm | ||||||||
| Roots: | taproot slender, dark reddish-brown to black | ||||||||
| Stems: | perennial, erect to decumbent, thin, < 2 mm wide | ||||||||
| Leaves: | alternate, stalkless, 3 – 5 mm long, 2 – 3 mm wide, leaves of basal shoots lance-shaped, stem leaves linear-oblong, lower surface hairless except midrib and margin | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | slender, branched, cylindrical, 1/3 to 1/2 of plant | ||||||||
| Flowers: | sepals nearly round, outer sepals shorter than inner; petals 3, dark red, minute; style absent | ||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule 3-locular, barely exceeding sepals, fruiting sepals obtuse or rounded at base; seeds 4 – 6, shaped like the sections of an orange, light brown, interruptedly coated with gray membrane | ||||||||
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