FNA: Dalea carthagenensis var. floridana vs. Dalea carthagenensis

	Dalea carthagenensis var. floridana	Dalea carthagenensis
	Florida prairie clover	Cartagena prairie clover
Habit	Shrubs or subshrubs, villosulous throughout to ± glabrescent.
Stems	6–20 dm, sparsely glandular-verruculose distally.
Inflorescences	spikes, loosely flowered, not involucrate, 10–15 mm diam.; axis visible, (0.2–)0.4–1.5(–2) cm; bracts deciduous near anthesis, (2.5–)3–5 mm.
Peduncles	0–2.5 cm.
Stamens	10, (6.2–)6.5–8.5 mm, filaments distinct to 0.9–2 mm, anthers 0.6–0.7 mm.
Corollas	greenish white or cream, brownish or maroon in age; papilionaceous; banner 4.2–5.2 mm, blade deltate-cordate, 2.5–3.4 × 2.6–3.4 mm; epistemonous petals attached proximal to middle of stamen tube; wings 2.3–4.2 × 1.2–2 mm; keel connate valvately, blades 4–5.4 × (2–)2.2–3 mm.
Calyces	asymmetric, not recessed opposite banner, opening oblique, (5.2–)5.5–7 mm, villosulous throughout or tube glabrescent; tube (2.4–)2.6–3.2 mm, with 2–8 small glands between ribs, sometimes obscure, lobes triangular-aristate, abaxial not uncinate.
Legumes	2.3–2.7 mm, villosulous and gland-dotted distally.
Seeds	1.7–1.8 mm.
Principal	leaves 3–5.5(–7) cm; leaflets 15–23(or 25), blades obovate to oblong-elliptic, 4–18(–20) mm.

	Dalea carthagenensis var. floridana	Dalea carthagenensis
Phenology	Flowering fall–spring.
Habitat	Open pine woods and hammocks, roadsides, along canals.
Elevation	0–20 m. (0–100 ft.)
Distribution	FL [BONAP county map]	Mexico; Central America; South America; Florida; West Indies [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Variety floridana occurs in southern Florida as far north as Palm Beach County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)	Varieties 9 (1 in the flora). R. C. Barneby (1977c) recognized nine varieties in Dalea carthagenensis, a complex and polymorphic species. The eight varieties found outside the flora area occur in Mexico, West Indies, Central America, and South America. The calyces of D. carthagenensis sometimes have slightly hooked lobes when mature, a feature used to distinguish D. scandens; the two species are allopatric. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source	FNA vol. 11.	FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa	Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea > Dalea carthagenensis	Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea
Sibling taxa		D. albiflora, D. aurea, D. bartonii, D. bicolor, D. brachystachys, D. cahaba, D. candida, D. carnea, D. compacta, D. cylindriceps, D. emarginata, D. enneandra, D. exigua, D. exserta, D. feayi, D. filiformis, D. flavescens, D. foliosa, D. formosa, D. frutescens, D. gattingeri, D. grayi, D. greggii, D. hallii, D. jamesii, D. lachnostachys, D. lanata, D. laniceps, D. lasiathera, D. leporina, D. lumholtzii, D. mollis, D. mollissima, D. multiflora, D. nana, D. neomexicana, D. obovata, D. ornata, D. phleoides, D. pinnata, D. pogonathera, D. polygonoides, D. pringlei, D. pulchra, D. purpurea, D. reverchonii, D. sabinalis, D. scandens, D. scariosa, D. searlsiae, D. tentaculoides, D. tenuifolia, D. tenuis, D. urceolata, D. versicolor, D. villosa, D. wrightii
Subordinate taxa		D. carthagenensis var. floridana
Synonyms	Parosela floridana, D. floridana	Psoralea carthagenensis
Name authority	(Rydberg) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 519. (1977)	(Jacquin) J. F. Macbride: Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(3): 375. (1943) — (as carthaginensis)
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Dalea carthagenensis var. floridana

Dalea carthagenensis

Florida prairie clover

Cartagena prairie clover

Habit

Shrubs or subshrubs, villosulous throughout to ± glabrescent.

Stems

6–20 dm, sparsely glandular-verruculose distally.

Inflorescences

spikes, loosely flowered, not involucrate, 10–15 mm diam.;

axis visible, (0.2–)0.4–1.5(–2) cm;

bracts deciduous near anthesis, (2.5–)3–5 mm.

Peduncles

0–2.5 cm.

Stamens

10, (6.2–)6.5–8.5 mm, filaments distinct to 0.9–2 mm, anthers 0.6–0.7 mm.

Corollas

greenish white or cream, brownish or maroon in age; papilionaceous;

banner 4.2–5.2 mm, blade deltate-cordate, 2.5–3.4 × 2.6–3.4 mm; epistemonous petals attached proximal to middle of stamen tube;

wings 2.3–4.2 × 1.2–2 mm;

keel connate valvately, blades 4–5.4 × (2–)2.2–3 mm.

Calyces

asymmetric, not recessed opposite banner, opening oblique, (5.2–)5.5–7 mm, villosulous throughout or tube glabrescent;

tube (2.4–)2.6–3.2 mm, with 2–8 small glands between ribs, sometimes obscure, lobes triangular-aristate, abaxial not uncinate.

Legumes

2.3–2.7 mm, villosulous and gland-dotted distally.

Seeds

1.7–1.8 mm.

Principal

leaves 3–5.5(–7) cm;

leaflets 15–23(or 25), blades obovate to oblong-elliptic, 4–18(–20) mm.

Dalea carthagenensis var. floridana

Dalea carthagenensis

Phenology

Flowering fall–spring.

Habitat

Open pine woods and hammocks, roadsides, along canals.

Elevation

0–20 m. (0–100 ft.)

Distribution

[BONAP county map]

Mexico; Central America; South America; Florida; West Indies

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

Variety floridana occurs in southern Florida as far north as Palm Beach County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Varieties 9 (1 in the flora).

R. C. Barneby (1977c) recognized nine varieties in Dalea carthagenensis, a complex and polymorphic species. The eight varieties found outside the flora area occur in Mexico, West Indies, Central America, and South America. The calyces of D. carthagenensis sometimes have slightly hooked lobes when mature, a feature used to distinguish D. scandens; the two species are allopatric.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source

FNA vol. 11.

Parent taxa

Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea > Dalea carthagenensis

Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea

Sibling taxa

D. albiflora, D. aurea, D. bartonii, D. bicolor, D. brachystachys, D. cahaba, D. candida, D. carnea, D. compacta, D. cylindriceps, D. emarginata, D. enneandra, D. exigua, D. exserta, D. feayi, D. filiformis, D. flavescens, D. foliosa, D. formosa, D. frutescens, D. gattingeri, D. grayi, D. greggii, D. hallii, D. jamesii, D. lachnostachys, D. lanata, D. laniceps, D. lasiathera, D. leporina, D. lumholtzii, D. mollis, D. mollissima, D. multiflora, D. nana, D. neomexicana, D. obovata, D. ornata, D. phleoides, D. pinnata, D. pogonathera, D. polygonoides, D. pringlei, D. pulchra, D. purpurea, D. reverchonii, D. sabinalis, D. scandens, D. scariosa, D. searlsiae, D. tentaculoides, D. tenuifolia, D. tenuis, D. urceolata, D. versicolor, D. villosa, D. wrightii

Subordinate taxa

D. carthagenensis var. floridana

Synonyms

Parosela floridana, D. floridana

Psoralea carthagenensis

Name authority

(Rydberg) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 519. (1977)

(Jacquin) J. F. Macbride: Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(3): 375. (1943) — (as carthaginensis)

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