Dalea foliosa |
Dalea reverchonii |
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leafy prairie-clover |
Comanche Peak prairie clover |
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Stems | 3–8 dm, eglandular. |
1.5–2 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, loosely flowered, not involucrate, 8–10 mm diam.; axis visible, 1.5–5 cm; bracts deciduous, 2.5 mm. |
Peduncles | 0–2 cm. |
0–1 cm. |
Stamens | 5, 5.4–7.2 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–3.7 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm. |
5, 6.1–7.2 mm, filaments distinct to 3.3–4 mm, anthers 0.7–0.9 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. |
magenta-purple; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 4.3–4.6 mm, blade ovate to elliptic, 2.1–2.3 × 1.8–2 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 2.6–3 × 1.1–1.3 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, 4.2–4.6 mm, silky-pilosulous to -tomentulose, hairs subappressed; tube 1.9–2.1 mm, with ribs leading to sinuses stronger than those leading to lobes, tube appearing bluntly 5-angled, with 0 glands between ribs, lobes lanceolate-acuminate or adaxial pair triangular-acuminate. |
Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, glabrous, dotted with small glands distally. |
3.1–3.5 mm, pilosulous and gland-dotted distally. |
Seeds | 1.8–2 mm. |
1.3 mm. |
Perennial | herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
herbs, decumbent, pilosulous. |
Principal | leaves 3–5.5 cm; leaflets 19–29(or 31), blades oblong-oblanceolate to -elliptic, 5–10 mm. |
leaves 2–3 cm; leaflets 7 or 9, blades linear-oblong or -oblanceolate, 5–12 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
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Dalea foliosa |
Dalea reverchonii |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | Flowering spring–early summer (fall). |
Habitat | Limestone glades, prairie remnants. | Rocky limestone soils. |
Elevation | 100–300 m. (300–1000 ft.) | ca. 400 m. (ca. 1300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; IL; TN
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TX |
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 reverchonii occurs in Hood, Parker, and Wise counties in north-central Texas. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. (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 reverchonii |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 245. (1977) | (S. Watson) Shinners: Field & Lab. 17: 84. (1949) — (as reverchoni) |
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