Dalea foliosa |
Dalea sabinalis |
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leafy prairie-clover |
sabinal prairie clover |
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Stems | 3–8 dm, eglandular. |
2.5–5(–6) dm, 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, relatively loosely flowered, not involucrate, 6.5–8 mm diam.; axis usually partially visible at anthesis, 4–9 cm; bracts early deciduous, 3 mm. |
Peduncles | 0–2 cm. |
6–12 cm. |
Stamens | 5, 5.4–7.2 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–3.7 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm. |
5, 5–6 mm, filaments distinct to 2.5–3 mm, anthers 0.6 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. |
pink to rose; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 5.4 mm, blade deltate-obcordate, 2.5 × 3 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 3 × 1.5 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. |
asymmetric, recessed opposite banner, 3–3.3 mm, glabrous, lobes sometimes pilosulous; tube 2.3–2.5 mm, greenish intervals between ribs eglandular, lobes subulate or adaxial pair triangular-ovate. |
Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, glabrous, dotted with small glands distally. |
3 mm, glabrate, margins ± short-ciliate distally, minutely gland-dotted. |
Seeds | 1.8–2 mm. |
1.5–2.1 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 2–4 cm; leaflets 11–17, blades linear-oblanceolate, 7–15 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
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Dalea foliosa |
Dalea sabinalis |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Limestone glades, prairie remnants. | Open slopes, limestone soils. |
Elevation | 100–300 m. (300–1000 ft.) | 500–600 m. (1600–2000 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 sabinalis was first found at the entrance to Sabinal Canyon in Bandera County, but collections are known also from nearby Uvalde and Val Verde counties; it has not been collected since the 1950s, and no extant populations are known. (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 sabinalis |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 245. (1977) | (S. Watson) Shinners: Field & Lab. 17: 83. (1949) |
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