Dalea foliosa |
Dalea filiformis |
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leafy prairie-clover |
Sonoran prairie-clover |
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Stems | 3–8 dm, eglandular. |
(0.4–)0.7–3(–3.5) dm, eglandular. |
Inflorescences | spikes, densely flowered, not involucrate, 8–10 mm diam.; axis not visible, 1.5–4.5 cm; bracts persistent through anthesis, 4.8–5.4 mm. |
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. |
Peduncles | 0–2 cm. |
(1.3–)2–8 cm. |
Stamens | 5, 5.4–7.2 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–3.7 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm. |
10, 2.5–3.5 mm, filaments distinct to 0.6–0.9 mm, anthers 0.2–0.3 mm. |
Corollas | lavender-purple; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 5.2–6 mm, blade ovate to suborbiculate, 2.1–2.5 × 2.6–3.2 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 2.7–3 × 0.8–1 mm. |
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. |
Calyces | subsymmetric, 3.8–4.4 mm, glabrous or lobes sometimes pilosulous; tube 2.4–2.7 mm, with 0 glands between ribs, lobes triangular-lanceolate or adaxial pair ovate-triangular. |
± 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. |
Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, glabrous, dotted with small glands distally. |
2–2.4 mm, pilosulous and, sometimes, gland-dotted distally. |
Seeds | 1.8–2 mm. |
1.5–1.9 mm. |
Perennial | herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
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Principal | leaves 3–5.5 cm; leaflets 19–29(or 31), blades oblong-oblanceolate to -elliptic, 5–10 mm. |
leaves 1–3.5 cm; leaflets 3 or 5, blades linear-filiform, 5–23 mm. |
Annual | herbs, erect, glabrous or glabrate proximal to inflorescences. |
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2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Dalea foliosa |
Dalea filiformis |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | Flowering late summer–fall (spring). |
Habitat | Limestone glades, prairie remnants. | Open oak, juniper, or pine woodlands, grasslands, rocky soils along roads, disturbed places. |
Elevation | 100–300 m. (300–1000 ft.) | 1600–2400 m. (5200–7900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; IL; TN
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AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora)
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Discussion | Dalea foliosa is rare and in 1991 was designated federally as endangered. At that time, there were 14 known populations, only four of which had state or Nature Conservancy protection. The species is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Petalostemon foliosus | |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 245. (1977) | A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 39. (1853) |
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