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Dalea feayi

Dalea jamesii

Feay's prairie clover

James' dalea, James' prairie clover
Stems

3–7 dm, with scattered, small glands.

0.4–1.7(–2) dm, eglandular.
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, relatively densely flowered, not obviously involucrate, (16–)18–23(–25) mm diam.;

axis not to partially visible, 1.5–6.5(–8) cm;

bracts deciduous at anthesis, (4–)5–8(–9) mm.
Peduncles

0–8 cm.

absent or very short.
Stamens

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

10, (9.5–)10–11.7 mm, filaments distinct to 1.7–3 mm, anthers (0.8–)0.9–1.2 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.

clear yellow, orangish brown in age; papilionaceous;

banner 5.2–6.2 mm, blade deltate-cordate, 3.2–4.2 × 3.2–4.4 mm, proximal lobes connate, forming obconic pit; epistemonous petals attached proximal to middle of stamen tube;

wings 3.9–5.1 × 2.3–3.2 mm;

keel connate valvately, blades 5.3–6.3 × 3.2–3.8 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.

somewhat asymmetric, slightly recessed opposite banner, (8.3–)8.5–12(–13.3) mm, pilose;

tube (2.4–)2.8–3.5 mm, with 3 or 4 small glands between ribs, lobes triangular-aristate.
Legumes

3–3.3 mm, glabrous, ± glandular.

3.5–4 mm, distally with 2 rows of ascending hairs on either side of a glabrescent row, eglandular.
Seeds

(1.5–)2–2.2 mm.

2.3–3 mm.
Perennial

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

herbs, erect to ascending, silky-pilose to -pilosulous.
Principal

leaves 1.5–3.5 cm;

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

leaves (0.6–)1–3(–4) cm;

leaflets 3, blades obovate to broadly oblanceolate, (3–)5–18 mm, surfaces apparently eglandular.
2n

= 14.

= 14.

Dalea feayi

Dalea jamesii
Phenology Flowering summer–fall (year-round). Flowering spring–early summer (fall).
Habitat Sandy pine woods, on white sand. Rocky grasslands, deserts, open pine or juniper woodlands.
Elevation 0–30 m. (0–100 ft.) 900–2100 m. (3000–6900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; GA
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from FNA
AZ; CO; KS; NM; OK; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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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.)

Dalea jamesii occurs from far southwestern Kansas to southeastern Arizona. In Texas, the species occurs in the northern panhandle and trans-Pecos regions.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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. 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. 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
Synonyms Petalostemon feayi Psoralea jamesii
Name authority (Chapman) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 257. (1977) (Torrey) Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 1: 308. (1838)
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