Dalea carnea
Dalea searlsiae
pink tassels, whitetassels
Searls' prairie clover
3–8(–10) dm, gland-dotted distally.
(2.5–)3–5.5 dm, glandular-tuberculate.
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 obviously involucrate, (8–)9–11 mm diam.;
axis partially visible at anthesis, (1.5–)2–9(–14) cm;
bracts deciduous, 3–5(–6) mm.
0–8 cm.
(2.5–)4–16(–20) cm.
5, 5–9.5 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–6 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm.
5, 5.5–8.5 mm, filaments distinct to 3–5.1 mm, anthers 1.1–1.5 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.
usually rose-purple, rarely white;
not conventionally papilionaceous;
banner 5.3–7.2 mm, blade ovate to ovate-triangular or -oblong, 2.8–3.7 × 2.2–3.4 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades (2.7–)3–4.1 × (0.9–)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, deeply recessed opposite banner, opening oblique, (3.2–)3.5–4.6(–4.8) mm, glabrous or pilosulous proximally, pilosulous distally;
tube 2–2.8 mm, with (0 or)2–4 small, pale blister glands between ribs, lobes lanceolate-subulate or adaxial pair triangular-ovate.
2.5–3 mm, glabrous or distally pilosulous, ± glandular.
3.2–4 mm, pilosulous to ± glabrous distally and gland-dotted.
1.4–1.8 mm.
2–2.8 mm.
herbs, erect to ascending or diffusely spreading to procumbent, glabrous proximal to inflorescences.
herbs, erect, pilosulous throughout or glabrous proximal to inflorescence.
leaves 1.5–4 cm;
leaflets 5–9, blades flat or folded, elliptic to oblanceolate, (5–)6–17 mm.
leaves 2–5.5 cm;
leaflets 5 or 7(or 9), blades flat or folded, oblanceolate to obovate, 7–20 mm, surfaces glandular-tuberculate abaxially.
Dalea carnea
Dalea searlsiae
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 ranges of Dalea searlsiae and D. flavescens overlap only in a small area of south-central Utah and north-central Arizona. In California, D. searlsiae is known from the Inyo and White mountains and other desert mountains in the southeastern part of the state.
(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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