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Nodding Pinweed (Lechea cernua)

  • Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Cistaceae
  • State: FL
  • Nature Serve ID: 131114
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Nodding Pinweed (Lechea cernua) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Nodding Pinweed can be found in Florida

Which CPC Partners conserve Nodding Pinweed (Lechea cernua)?

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

Katie Heineman
  • 08/23/2023
  • Reintroduction

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden has conducted a conservation augmentation translocation of this species at Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub

Tina Stanley
  • 05/11/2023
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

According to a March 2023 extract of the Florida Plant Rescue Database, Bok Tower Gardens holds 2 accessions of Lechea cernua.

Tina Stanley
  • 05/11/2023
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

According to a March 2023 extract of the Florida Plant Rescue Database, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Lechea cernua totalling approximately 458 seeds representing 3 maternal lines.

Tina Stanley
  • 05/11/2023
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

According to a March 2023 extract of the Florida Plant Rescue Database, Naples Botanical Garden holds 7 accessions of Lechea cernua.

Nature Serve Biotics
  • 05/02/2017

Restricted range; pressures on habitat.

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Nomenclature
Taxon Lechea cernua
Authority Small
Family Cistaceae
CPC Number 2459
ITIS 22283
USDA LECE
Duration Perennial
Common Names Nodding Pinweed
Associated Scientific Names Lechea cernua
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
Florida S3
Ecological Relationships

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Reintroduction
Lead Institution State Reintroduction Type Year of First Outplanting
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Florida Reinforcement/Augmentation 2021+2022

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