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Dalea feayi

Dalea carnea

Feay's prairie clover

pink tassels, whitetassels
Stems

3–7 dm, with scattered, small glands.

3–8(–10) dm, gland-dotted distally.
Inflorescences

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.

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.
Peduncles

0–8 cm.

0–8 cm.
Stamens

5, 6.5–9.2 mm, filaments distinct to 3.5–5 mm, anthers 0.8 mm.

5, 5–9.5 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–6 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm.
Corollas

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.

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.
Calyces

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.

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.
Legumes

3–3.3 mm, glabrous, ± glandular.

2.5–3 mm, glabrous or distally pilosulous, ± glandular.
Seeds

(1.5–)2–2.2 mm.

1.4–1.8 mm.
Perennial

herbs, erect, becoming somewhat shrubby, glabrous proximal to inflorescences.

herbs, erect to ascending or diffusely spreading to procumbent, glabrous proximal to inflorescences.
Principal

leaves 1.5–3.5 cm;

leaflets 7 or 9, blades involute, linear, (6–)7–12(–14) mm.

leaves 1.5–4 cm;

leaflets 5–9, blades flat or folded, elliptic to oblanceolate, (5–)6–17 mm.
2n

= 14.

Dalea feayi

Dalea carnea
Phenology Flowering summer–fall (year-round).
Habitat Sandy pine woods, on white sand.
Elevation 0–30 m. (0–100 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; GA
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Discussion

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 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.)
Key
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
Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea
Sibling taxa
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. bicolor, D. brachystachys, D. cahaba, D. candida, 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
Subordinate taxa
D. carnea var. albida, D. carnea var. carnea, D. carnea var. gracilis
Synonyms Petalostemon feayi Petalostemon carneus
Name authority (Chapman) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 257. (1977) (Michaux) Poiret in F. Cuvier: Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. 2, 12: 462. (1818)
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