Dalea carnea
Dalea exserta
pink tassels, whitetassels
Mexican prairie clover
3–8(–10) dm, gland-dotted distally.
ribbed, (1.5–)5–10(–12) dm, glandular-verrucose distally.
spikes, densely flowered, not involucrate, 7–10 mm diam.;
axis not visible, 0.5–3(–3.5) cm;
bracts deciduous with fruit, 2–5.5 mm.
spikes, relatively densely flowered, not involucrate, 13–16 mm diam.;
axis usually not visible, (1.5–)2–8 cm;
bracts deciduous by anthesis, (3–)4–8 mm.
0–8 cm.
(1–)2.5–14 cm.
5, 5–9.5 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–6 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm.
8–10, (7.5–)8–11 mm, filaments distinct to 0.1–1.6 mm, anthers 0.4–0.5 mm.
usually white, sometimes pink to pinkish tan;
not conventionally papilionaceous;
banner 3.8–5.7 mm, blade ovate, 1.8–3 × 1.4–2.4 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 1.7–3.3 × 0.7–1.11 mm.
white, sometimes banner purplish in age;
not conventionally papilionaceous;
banner 4.9–7.3 mm, blade lanceolate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, 3–4.8 × 2.2–2.3 mm; epistemonous petals attached near or proximal to middle of stamen tube, blades somewhat unequal, laterals (2–)3.4–5 × 1–1.8 mm, abaxials 3–3.7 × 1.1–1.6 mm.
asymmetric, deeply recessed opposite banner, opening oblique, 2.7–4.3 mm, glabrous except lobes ciliolate;
tube 2–3.5 mm, with (0 or)1–3 small blister glands between ribs, lobes subulate or adaxial pair ovate.
asymmetric, recessed opposite banner, 4.8–7 mm, glabrous;
tube (2.5–)2.7–3.8 mm, with 2–4(–8) large glands between ribs, lobes triangular-aristate.
2.5–3 mm, glabrous or distally pilosulous, ± glandular.
2.2–2.8 mm, pilosulous distally and dotted with small glands.
1.4–1.8 mm.
1.6–1.8(–2) mm.
herbs, erect to ascending or diffusely spreading to procumbent, glabrous proximal to inflorescences.
leaves 1.5–4 cm;
leaflets 5–9, blades flat or folded, elliptic to oblanceolate, (5–)6–17 mm.
leaves 3–10 cm;
leaflets 19–37, blades oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate, 2–9 mm.
herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences.
= 14 (Mexico).
Dalea carnea
Dalea exserta
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).
The varieties of Dalea carnea are fairly distinctive, and two are largely allopatric. Variety gracilis occurs in the Florida panhandle and west while var. carnea is found farther east and throughout peninsular Florida. Variety albida overlaps the ranges of the other varieties and extends north into Georgia.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
The existence of Dalea exserta in the flora area rests on specimens collected in 1939 by Goodding in Sycamore Canyon, near Ruby in Santa Cruz County. Because it is an annual that often grows in disturbed ground, it may be found again there or at some other locality in southern Arizona.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Calyces 3.2–4.3 mm, lobes 0.9–1.5 mm; petals usually pink to pinkish tan, rarely white. | var. carnea |
1. Calyces 2.7–3.5 mm, lobes 0.6–1.1 mm; petals white. | → 2 |
2. Leaflets mostly 5; stamens 6–9.5 mm; stems erect to ascending. | var. albida |
2. Leaflets mostly 7; stamens 5–6 mm; stems diffusely spreading to procumbent. | var. gracilis |
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