Dalea enneandra |
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bigtop dalea, nine-anther dalea, nineanther prairie clover |
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Stems | (5–)6–12 dm, eglandular or sparsely glandular-punctate. |
Inflorescences | spikes, remotely flowered, most flowers separated by distinct intervals, not involucrate, 7–10 mm diam.; axis visible, (1–)2.5–12 cm; bracts persistent, enfolding and falling with fruit, 3–4.2 mm. |
Peduncles | 0.5–3.5(–5.5) cm. |
Stamens | 9, 6.3–9.4 mm, filaments distinct to 2.2–3.5 mm, anthers 0.8–1.2 mm. |
Corollas | white; papilionaceous; banner 5.7–7 mm, blade broadly ovate, 3.6–4 × 3.2–4.2 mm, proximal lobes connate, forming obconic pit; epistemonous petals attached near or proximal to middle of stamen tube; wings 2.7–3.4 × 1.4–2 mm; keel connate valvately, blades (4.5–)4.8–5.8 × 2.6–3 mm. |
Calyces | ± asymmetric, opening oblique, 6.2–7.6 mm, silky-pilosulous; tube 3–3.5(–3.7) mm, with 3 or 4 inconspicuous glands between ribs, lobes triangular-aristate, becoming plumose. |
Legumes | 3–3.7 mm, pilosulous and, sometimes, gland-dotted distally. |
Seeds | 2.4–2.8 mm. |
Perennial | herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
Principal | leaves 1.3–2.6 cm; leaflets (3–)7–11(or 13), blades narrowly oblanceolate or elliptic, 4–11(–12) mm. |
2n | = 14. |
Dalea enneandra |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Plains, prairies, many substrates. |
Elevation | 30–1400 m. (100–4600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CO; IA; IL; KS; MO; MT; ND; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; WY
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Discussion | Dalea enneandra is native to the Great Plains and as far east as the Texas coast and the loess hill prairies of western Iowa and northwestern Missouri. It is naturalized in DuPage County, Illinois. Its persistent calyx aids in wind dispersal of fruit. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea |
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Synonyms | Parosela enneandra |
Name authority | Nuttall: Cat. Pl. Upper Louisiana, no. 30. (1813) |
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