Dalea exigua |
Dalea bicolor |
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Chihuahuan prairie clover |
silver prairie clover |
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Stems | 1–4(–4.5) dm, eglandular or weakly gland-dotted. |
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Inflorescences | spikes, densely flowered, not involucrate, 5–8 mm diam.; axis not visible, (0.8–)1.3–4.5(–6) cm; bracts persistent through anthesis, 2.5–3.3 mm. |
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Peduncles | (2.5–)4–16 cm. |
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Stamens | 4–7, 3–6 fertile, 3.2–4 mm, filaments distinct to 1 mm, anthers 0.2–0.3 mm. |
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Corollas | lavender or pink-purple; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 3.4–4.2 mm, blade ovate, 1.3–1.6 × 1–1.2 mm; epistemonous petals attached high on stamen tube, just proximal to separation of filaments, blades 1.7–2.3 × 0.9–1.1 mm. |
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Calyces | asymmetric, recessed opposite banner, 3.8–4.3 mm, silky-pilose; tube 1.9–2.2 mm, with 0 glands between ribs, lobes triangular-aristate. |
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Legumes | 2.5 mm, pilosulous distally, eglandular. |
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Seeds | 1.9–2.3 mm. |
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Annual | herbs, erect, glabrate. |
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Principal | leaves 1.5–5.5 cm; leaflets 3 or 5, blades linear-oblanceolate to -elliptic, (0.5–)1–3.7(–4) cm. |
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Dalea exigua |
Dalea bicolor |
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Phenology | Flowering fall. | |
Habitat | Grassy slopes, roadsides, open oak, juniper, or pine woodlands. | |
Elevation | 1500–2400 m. (4900–7900 ft.) | |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora) |
sw United States; Mexico
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Discussion | Dalea exigua occurs in southeastern Arizona (Cochise, Pima, and Santa Cruz counties) and adjacent southwestern New Mexico. A disjunct population occurs in McKinley County, New Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 5 (1 in the flora). Only var. argyrea enters the flora area; the other varieties are confined to Mexico. Variety orcuttiana Barneby occurs in Baja California, var. naviculifolia (Hemsley) Barneby in Oaxaca, var. canescens (M. Martens & Galeotti) Barneby in Oaxaca and Puebla, and var. bicolor is widely distributed in central and northern Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | Petalostemon exilis | |
Name authority | Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 200. (1977) | Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow: Hort. Berol. 2: plate 89. (1809): Enum. Pl., 787. (1809) |
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