Dalea carnea
Dalea pinnata
pink tassels, whitetassels
summer farewell
3–8(–10) dm, gland-dotted distally.
(3–)4.5–9(–10) dm, finely to coarsely glandular-tuberculate proximal to inflorescences.
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, densely flowered, appearing capitate, conspicuously involucrate, with several whorls of clearly differentiated sterile bracts proximal to spike, 6–13 mm diam.;
axis not visible, 0.6–1.2 cm;
bracts deciduous, basal involucral bracts persistent, becoming transitional to foliage leaves, 5–8 mm.
0–8 cm.
absent.
5, 5–9.5 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–6 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm.
5, 8.8–10.8 mm, filaments distinct to 4.2–5.5 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 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;
not conventionally papilionaceous;
banner (5–)5.4–8.6 mm, blade lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, proximally cuneate (subhastate), 2.7–4.3 × 0.6–1.4 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 3–5 × 0.5–1.4 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, slightly recessed opposite banner, 4.5–7.8(–8.2) mm, pilose;
tube (1.5–)1.7–2.3(–2.7) mm, with 0 glands between ribs, lobes linear, becoming plumose.
2.5–3 mm, glabrous or distally pilosulous, ± glandular.
2.5–3 mm, pilosulous distally, eglandular.
1.4–1.8 mm.
1.7 mm.
herbs, erect to ascending or diffusely spreading to procumbent, glabrous proximal to inflorescences.
herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences.
leaves 1.5–4 cm;
leaflets 5–9, blades flat or folded, elliptic to oblanceolate, (5–)6–17 mm.
leaves 1–2.5 cm;
leaflets 3–11(or 13), blades linear or elliptic-oblanceolate, 5–11 mm.
Dalea carnea
Dalea pinnata
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 3 (3 in the flora).
Dalea pinnata, with its headlike spikes and conspicuous involucres, resembles a member of the Asteraceae. This resemblance is heightened after the petals drop because the slender, plumose calyx-lobes begin to resemble a pappus.
The varieties of Dalea pinnata have limited geographical overlap and var. pinnata is the most widespread.
(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. Leaflets 3. | var. trifoliata |
1. Leaflets 5–11(or 13). | → 2 |
2. Involucres: 6–9 mm wide; stems finely glandular-tuberculate proximal to spikes. | var. pinnata |
2. Involucres 10–13 mm wide; stems coarsely glandular-tuberculate proximal to spikes. | var. adenopoda |
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