Dalea foliosa |
Dalea ornata |
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leafy prairie-clover |
Blue Mountain prairie-clover, ornate dalea, western prairie clover |
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Stems | 3–8 dm, eglandular. |
(2–)2.5–6(–7) dm, dotted with small, raised glands. |
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, 13–16 mm diam.; axis not visible, (1–)1.5–5 cm; bracts deciduous, interfloral ones often held in place by crowded flowers, (3–)4–7.5(–8.5) mm. |
Peduncles | 0–2 cm. |
1–11 cm. |
Stamens | 5, 5.4–7.2 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–3.7 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm. |
5, (7.3–)7.7–12 mm, filaments distinct to (3.6–)4.7–7.6 mm, anthers 1–1.4 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. |
usually rose-purple to lilac, rarely white; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 7–9 mm, blade ovate to oblong-ovate, 3.3–4.5 × (2–)2.3–4 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades (3.3–)3.5–5 × 1.4–2 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–)3.9–6.3(–6.7) mm, pilose throughout or distally; tube (2.4–)2.7–3.6(–3.8) mm, with 2–9 small glands between ribs, lobes lanceolate to ovate. |
Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, glabrous, dotted with small glands distally. |
3–3.5 mm, pilosulous distally and gland-dotted. |
Seeds | 1.8–2 mm. |
2–2.4 mm. |
Perennial | herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescence. |
Principal | leaves 3–5.5 cm; leaflets 19–29(or 31), blades oblong-oblanceolate to -elliptic, 5–10 mm. |
leaves 2.5–5.5(–6.5) cm; leaflets 5 or 7 (or 9), blades oblanceolate to obovate, 7–22 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Dalea foliosa |
Dalea ornata |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | Flowering spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Limestone glades, prairie remnants. | Rocky, sandy, or clay soils in dry areas, often among sagebrush. |
Elevation | 100–300 m. (300–1000 ft.) | 100–2000 m. (300–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; IL; TN
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CA; ID; NV; OR; WA
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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 ornata is nearly endemic to the Columbia-Snake river basin. In California, the species is known only from the Shaffer Mountain region in Lassen 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 | Petalostemon ornatus |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 245. (1977) | (Douglas) Eaton & Wright: Man. Bot. ed. 8, 219. (1840) — (as ornatum) |
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