Dalea foliosa |
Dalea scandens |
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leafy prairie-clover |
low prairie clover |
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Stems | 3–8 dm, eglandular. |
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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. |
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Peduncles | 0–2 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, glabrous, dotted with small glands distally. |
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Seeds | 1.8–2 mm. |
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Perennial | 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. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Dalea foliosa |
Dalea scandens |
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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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Mexico; Central America; Texas; West Indies |
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 5 (1 in the flora). In addition to var. paucifolia, R. C. Barneby (1977c) recognized four varieties from Mexico to the Caribbean region and Central America. (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 |
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Synonyms | Petalostemon foliosus | Psoralea scandens |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 245. (1977) | (Miller) R. T. Clausen: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 73: 83. (1946) |
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