Description:
LECA-HZ5a was developed from seed collected from tallgrass prairies in the Missouri (4), Nebraska (3), and Iowa (4) which are in the northern half of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5. LECA-251-HZ5b was developed from seed collected from tallgrass prairies in Missouri (3) and Kansas (9) which are in the southern half of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5. The collections for each germplasm were intermated in isolation for 2 generations.