Dalea foliosa |
Dalea grayi |
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leafy prairie-clover |
Gray's prairie-clover |
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Stems | 3–8 dm, eglandular. |
(3–)3.5–7(–9) dm, eglandular or sparsely gland-dotted. |
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, densely flowered, not involucrate, 7–9 mm diam.; axis not visible, (0.4–)0.7–5.5(–7) cm; bracts persistent, (2.2–)2.5–4.5 mm. |
Peduncles | 0–2 cm. |
0.5–5(–10) cm. |
Stamens | 5, 5.4–7.2 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–3.7 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm. |
10, 5.5–7 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–4 mm, anthers 0.5–0.7 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. |
white or whitish, banner reddish or purplish in age; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner plane, 4–5.7 mm, blade triangular-cordate to rhombic-ovate, not peltate, 1.6–2.5 × 2–2.4 mm; epistemonous petals attached high on stamen tube, just proximal to separation of filaments, blades 2.2–3.1 × 0.8–1.4 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. |
subsymmetric, 3.6–4.8(–5.2) mm, silky-pilosulous; tube 2–2.7 mm, with 3–6 glands between ribs, lobes triangular-acuminate to -aristate. |
Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, glabrous, dotted with small glands distally. |
2.2–2.5 mm, villosulous distally and dotted with small glands. |
Seeds | 1.8–2 mm. |
1.6 mm. |
Perennial | herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
Principal | leaves 3–5.5 cm; leaflets 19–29(or 31), blades oblong-oblanceolate to -elliptic, 5–10 mm. |
leaves 1–5 cm; leaflets (11–)17–43, blades elliptic-oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, 1–4.5(–5.5) mm. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Dalea foliosa |
Dalea grayi |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | Flowering fall (spring–summer). |
Habitat | Limestone glades, prairie remnants. | Rocky slopes, washes, canyons, open pine or oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 100–300 m. (300–1000 ft.) | 700–2200 m. (2300–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; IL; TN
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AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, 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 grayi occurs in southeastern Arizona as far northwest as Gila County and far southwestern New Mexico (Grant and Hidalgo counties). (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 | Parosela grayi |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 245. (1977) | (Vail) L. O. Williams: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 23: 450. (1936) |
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