Dalea filiformis |
Dalea cahaba |
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Sonoran prairie-clover |
Cahaba prairie clover |
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Stems | (0.4–)0.7–3(–3.5) dm, eglandular. |
ribbed, simple or proximally branched, 1.7–6.5(–7) dm, eglandular. |
Inflorescences | spikes, relatively densely flowered, not involucrate, 5–7 mm diam.; axis not to partially visible, (0.2–)0.3–1.5(–2) cm; bracts early deciduous, 1.5–2.8 mm. |
spikes, densely flowered, not involucrate, (7–)9–12 mm diam.; axis not visible, 0.5–2.2(–2.8) cm; bracts persistent through anthesis, proximals 4–7 mm, median 3.3–5 mm. |
Peduncles | (1.3–)2–8 cm. |
(0.5–)2–8.5 cm. |
Stamens | 10, 2.5–3.5 mm, filaments distinct to 0.6–0.9 mm, anthers 0.2–0.3 mm. |
5, 6–7 mm, filaments distinct for 4–4.5 mm, anthers (0.7–)0.9–1.2 mm. |
Corollas | all pinkish or reddish, or banner paler; papilionaceous; banner 2.6–3.5 mm, blade ovate or deltate-ovate, 1.4–1.8 × 0.9–1.6 mm; epistemonous petals attached proximal to middle of stamen tube; wings 1.2–1.8(–2) × 0.8–1.1 mm; keel connate valvately, blades 1.4–1.9 × 0.8–1.1 mm. |
rose-purple; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 3.5–5.3 mm, blade ovate, 2–2.5 × 1.7–1.8 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 2.5–3 × 1.1–1.8 mm. |
Calyces | ± asymmetric, not strongly recessed opposite banner, opening oblique, (2.5–)2.8–3.5 mm, pilosulous; tube (1.3–)2.8–3.5 mm, with 0 or 1(or 2) small glands between ribs, lobes triangular-acuminate or -aristate. |
subsymmetric, 4–5 mm, tomentulose, base with intertangled hairs; tube 2.5 mm, with 0 glands between ribs, lobes lanceolate-acuminate or adaxial pair lanceolate-ovate-acuminate to ovate-acuminate. |
Legumes | 2–2.4 mm, pilosulous and, sometimes, gland-dotted distally. |
3.2–4.4 mm, glabrous at base, tomentulose on distal 2/3, eglandular. |
Seeds | 1.5–1.9 mm. |
1.9–2.2 mm. |
Annual | herbs, erect, glabrous or glabrate proximal to inflorescences. |
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Principal | leaves 1–3.5 cm; leaflets 3 or 5, blades linear-filiform, 5–23 mm. |
leaves 1.5–3.7 cm; leaflets 3 or 5, blades inrolled to involute, linear to linear-lanceolate, 5–20 mm. |
Perennial | herbs, decumbent to weakly ascending, glabrate to pilosulous. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Dalea filiformis |
Dalea cahaba |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall (spring). | Flowering late spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Open oak, juniper, or pine woodlands, grasslands, rocky soils along roads, disturbed places. | Open glades, dolomite soils. |
Elevation | 1600–2400 m. (5200–7900 ft.) | 70–200 m. (200–700 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora)
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Discussion | Dalea filiformis is distinctive in its relatively few, narrow leaflets. Its range is primarily southeastern and central Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, but it does occur in northern Arizona to nearly the Utah border, and there is one report for northern New Mexico in Sandoval County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Dalea cahaba is apparently restricted to open glades in the Ketona dolomite formation in Bibb County. Because it is distinguished from similar species only by its sprawling habit and indument, genetic and transplant studies are needed to verify its status as a distinct species. (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 | ||
Name authority | A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 39. (1853) | J. R. Allison: Castanea 66: 166, fig. 5. (2001) |
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