Dalea foliosa |
Dalea pinnata |
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leafy prairie-clover |
summer farewell |
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Stems | 3–8 dm, eglandular. |
(3–)4.5–9(–10) dm, finely to coarsely glandular-tuberculate proximal to inflorescences. |
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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. |
spikes, densely flowered, appearing capitate, conspicuously involucrate, with several whorls of clearly differentiated sterile bracts proximal to spike, 6–13 mm diam.; axis not visible, 0.6–1.2 cm; bracts deciduous, basal involucral bracts persistent, becoming transitional to foliage leaves, 5–8 mm. |
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Peduncles | 0–2 cm. |
absent. |
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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. |
5, 8.8–10.8 mm, filaments distinct to 4.2–5.5 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 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. |
white; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner (5–)5.4–8.6 mm, blade lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, proximally cuneate (subhastate), 2.7–4.3 × 0.6–1.4 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 3–5 × 0.5–1.4 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. |
subsymmetric, slightly recessed opposite banner, 4.5–7.8(–8.2) mm, pilose; tube (1.5–)1.7–2.3(–2.7) mm, with 0 glands between ribs, lobes linear, becoming plumose. |
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Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, glabrous, dotted with small glands distally. |
2.5–3 mm, pilosulous distally, eglandular. |
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Seeds | 1.8–2 mm. |
1.7 mm. |
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Perennial | herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
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 1–2.5 cm; leaflets 3–11(or 13), blades linear or elliptic-oblanceolate, 5–11 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Dalea foliosa |
Dalea pinnata |
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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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se United States
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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 (3 in the flora). Dalea pinnata, with its headlike spikes and conspicuous involucres, resembles a member of the Asteraceae. This resemblance is heightened after the petals drop because the slender, plumose calyx-lobes begin to resemble a pappus. The varieties of Dalea pinnata have limited geographical overlap and var. pinnata is the most widespread. (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 | Kuhnia pinnata, Kuhnistera pinnata, Petalostemon pinnatus | ||||||||
Name authority | (A. Gray) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 245. (1977) | (J. F. Gmelin) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 278. 1977 · Summer-farewell | ||||||||
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