Lechea deckertii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| image = Lechea deckertii - LWRSF Arbuckle May 2025.jpg
| status = G4
| status_system = TNC
| genus = Lechea
| species = deckertii
| authority = Small{{cite web |title=Lechea deckertii |url=https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2393 |website=Florida PlantAtlas |access-date=22 May 2025 |language=en}}
| synonyms = {{specieslist|Lechea myriophylla|Small}}
| synonyms_ref = {{GBIF |title=Lechea deckertii Small |id=5331130 |access-date=22 May 2025}}
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Lechea deckertii, commonly called Deckert's pinweed, is a perennial herb or subshrub endemic to the U.S. states of Florida and Georgia .{{cite web |title=Lechea deckertii |url=https://plants.usda.gov/plant-profile/LEDE4 |access-date=22 May 2025 |website=USDA Plants Database |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Lechea deckertii |url=https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/show-taxon-detail.php?taxonid=3946 |website=University of North Carolina's Flora of the Southeastern United States |access-date=22 May 2025 |language=en}}
Habitat
Lechea deckertii occurs in exposed, sandy soils in the fire-dependent habitats of the Florida scrub and longleaf pine sandhill. However, it is most common in the southern portions of its habitat; L. deckertii is very rare in northern Florida and southern Georgia.{{Cite web |title=Lechea deckertii (Deckert's Pinweed) - FSUS |url=https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/show-taxon-detail.php?taxonid=3946 |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=fsus.ncbg.unc.edu |language=en}}
Conservation
Despite its global listing, it is listed as critically imperiled in Georgia and vulnerable in Florida.
References
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Category:Flora of Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Plants described in 1927
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