Dalea foliosa |
Dalea neomexicana |
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leafy prairie-clover |
downy prairie-clover, New Mexico dalea |
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Stems | 3–8 dm, eglandular. |
0.3–3.5 dm, sparsely to densely glandular-pustulate. |
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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. |
racemes, spikelike, densely flowered, not involucrate, 1.3–1.6 mm diam.; axis not visible, 1–6 cm; bracts soon deciduous, 2–6 mm. |
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Peduncles | 0–2 cm. |
0.3–0.4 cm. |
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Stamens | 5, 5.4–7.2 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–3.7 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm. |
10, 5–6.7 mm, filaments distinct to 2.4 mm, anthers 0.5–0.7(–1) mm. |
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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. |
bicolored, banner whitish, violet-tinged, other petals white or whitish; papilionaceous; banner 4–5.6 mm, blades ± cordate, (2.8–)3–3.7 × 2.3–3.4 mm; epistemonous petals attached proximal to middle of stamen tube; wings 2.4–3.3 × 1.3–1.8 mm; keel persistent, remaining attached to stamen column, connate by overlapping margins, blades 2.4–3.5 × 1.8–2.2 mm. |
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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. |
± symmetric, 4.2–8 mm, densely pilose; tube 2.1–3.1 mm, with 5–7(–9) glands between ribs, lobes triangular-aristate or plumose. |
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Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, glabrous, dotted with small glands distally. |
1.2–3 mm, pilose distally, eglandular. |
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Seeds | 1.8–2 mm. |
1.7–2.4 mm. |
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Perennial | herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
herbs, matted or tufted, gray-silky pubescent. |
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Principal | leaves 3–5.5 cm; leaflets 19–29(or 31), blades oblong-oblanceolate to -elliptic, 5–10 mm. |
leaves 0.8–4.5 cm; leaflets 7–15, blades cuneate-obcordate to obovate or elliptic-ovate, 2.5–8 mm, margins entire or undulate-crenate. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Dalea foliosa |
Dalea neomexicana |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | |||||
Habitat | Limestone glades, prairie remnants. | |||||
Elevation | 100–300 m. (300–1000 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
AL; IL; TN
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sw United States; n Mexico
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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.) |
Varieties 3 (2 in the flora). Dalea neomexicana somewhat resembles Marina calycosa in habit and overall appearance. It is sometimes confused also with D. mollis and D. mollissima, since the annual nature of those species is not always apparent in well-developed plants. Variety megaladenia Barneby is known from northern Mexico in the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Durango. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. | ||||
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea | ||||
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Synonyms | Petalostemon foliosus | D. mollis var. neomexicana | ||||
Name authority | (A. Gray) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 245. (1977) | (A. Gray) Cory: Rhodora 38: 406. (1936) | ||||
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