Dalea carnea
Dalea lanata
pink tassels, whitetassels
woolly prairie clover
3–8(–10) dm, gland-dotted distally.
(2.5–)3–7 dm, eglandular or sparsely glandular-punctate or -verruculose.
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, loosely flowered, not involucrate, 6–8 mm diam.;
axis visible, (1–)1.5–7.5(–9) cm;
bracts persistent, 2.6–4 mm.
0–8 cm.
0.4–4 cm.
5, 5–9.5 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–6 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm.
(5–)8–10 (sometimes only 5 functional), 6.5–8.5 mm, filaments distinct to 1.9–2.9 mm, anthers 0.4–0.6 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.
red-violet to magenta or purple;
not conventionally papilionaceous;
banner 2.8–4.3 mm, blade ovate-cordate, ± peltate, ± cucullate, 1.8–3.1 × 1.8–2.8 mm; epistemonous petals attached near middle of stamen tube, blades 2–3.8 × 1.5–2.2 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.
subsymmetric, 3.3–4.5(–4.8) mm, villosulous throughout or on lobes;
tube 1.8–2.5 mm, with 1–4 glands between ribs, lobes triangular to lanceolate, ovate-acuminate, or -apiculate.
2.5–3 mm, glabrous or distally pilosulous, ± glandular.
2.5–3.1 mm, pilosulous distally and dotted with small glands.
1.4–1.8 mm.
1.8–1.3 mm.
herbs, erect to ascending or diffusely spreading to procumbent, glabrous proximal to inflorescences.
herbs, prostrate, densely to sparsely pilosulous or glabrous.
leaves 1.5–4 cm;
leaflets 5–9, blades flat or folded, elliptic to oblanceolate, (5–)6–17 mm.
leaves 1–3 cm;
leaflets 9–15, blades obovate to broadly oblanceolate, 3–10(–12) mm.
Dalea carnea
Dalea lanata
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.)
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
The geographical ranges of the two varieties show little overlap, with a separation at roughly the Pecos River.
(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 |
1. Calyces: tube and lobes villosulous. | var. lanata |
1. Calyces: tube glabrous, lobes usually villosulous. | var. terminalis |
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