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Feay's prairie clover
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silver prairie clover
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3–7 dm, with scattered, small glands. |
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spikes, densely flowered, not involucrate, 7–9 mm diam.; axis not visible, 0.6–1.1 cm; bracts deciduous with fruit or proximal ones persistent, 0.8–2 mm. |
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0–8 cm. |
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5, 6.5–9.2 mm, filaments distinct to 3.5–5 mm, anthers 0.8 mm. |
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usually pink to lavender, rarely white; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 4.4–5.2 mm, blade broadly ovate, 2.1–2.6 × 1.8–2.5 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 2.6–3.5 × 0.9–1.2 mm. |
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asymmetric, deeply recessed opposite banner, opening oblique, 3.2–4.4 mm, glabrous; tube 2.5–3.4 mm, with 1–3 blister glands between ribs, lobes subulate or adaxial pair ovate-subulate. |
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3–3.3 mm, glabrous, ± glandular. |
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(1.5–)2–2.2 mm. |
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herbs, erect, becoming somewhat shrubby, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
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leaves 1.5–3.5 cm; leaflets 7 or 9, blades involute, linear, (6–)7–12(–14) mm. |
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= 14. |
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| Flowering summer–fall (year-round). |
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| Sandy pine woods, on white sand. |
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| 0–30 m. (0–100 ft.) |
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FL; GA
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sw United States; Mexico
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Dalea feayi occurs in xeric soils and generally does not grow in the same habitats as D. carnea. In Florida, the species is frequent in the peninsula and central panhandle regions. (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.) |
| FNA vol. 11. |
FNA vol. 11. |
| Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea |
Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea |
D. albiflora, D. aurea, D. bartonii, D. bicolor, D. brachystachys, D. cahaba, D. candida, D. carnea, D. carthagenensis, D. compacta, D. cylindriceps, D. emarginata, D. enneandra, D. exigua, D. exserta, 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 |
D. albiflora, D. aurea, D. bartonii, D. brachystachys, D. cahaba, D. candida, D. carnea, D. carthagenensis, 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 |
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| Petalostemon feayi |
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| (Chapman) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 257. (1977) |
Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow: Hort. Berol. 2: plate 89. (1809): Enum. Pl., 787. (1809) |
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