Dalea foliosa |
Dalea tenuifolia |
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leafy prairie-clover |
bigtop dalea, flimleaf prairieclover, slimleaf prairie clover |
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Stems | 3–8 dm, eglandular. |
(1.5–)2–5(–5.5) dm, usually pilosulous at base, glabrescent distally, 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, moderately densely flowered, not involucrate, 8–10 mm diam.; axis becoming partially visible, (0.5–)1–7(–9) cm; bracts deciduous by anthesis, 2.5–4.5(–5.5) mm. |
Peduncles | 0–2 cm. |
(0.9–)1.5–8(–12.5) cm. |
Stamens | 5, 5.4–7.2 mm, filaments distinct to 2.7–3.7 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm. |
5, 6–8.3 mm, filaments distinct to 3.5–5 mm, anthers 0.9–1.5 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. |
rose-purple; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 5.5–6.5 mm, blade cordate, 2.3–3.1 × 2.6–3.1 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 2.7–3.4 × 1.2–1.5 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. |
subsymmetric, (3.1–)3.4–4.5 mm, densely pilose; tube (1.6–)1.9–2.4 mm, prominently to indistinctly 10-ribbed, ± circular in cross section, with 0 glands between ribs, lobes lanceolate or adaxial pair ovate-lanceolate to ovate. |
Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, glabrous, dotted with small glands distally. |
2.8–3.5 mm, pilosulous and often gland-dotted distally. |
Seeds | 1.8–2 mm. |
2 mm. |
Perennial | herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
herbs, diffusely spreading to decumbent, mostly pilosulous ± throughout. |
Principal | leaves 3–5.5 cm; leaflets 19–29(or 31), blades oblong-oblanceolate to -elliptic, 5–10 mm. |
leaves 2–4 cm; leaflets 3 or 5, blades linear-oblanceolate, 10–22 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Dalea foliosa |
Dalea tenuifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | Flowering late spring–summer (fall). |
Habitat | Limestone glades, prairie remnants. | Rocky places, limestone soils. |
Elevation | 100–300 m. (300–1000 ft.) | 800–1400 m. (2600–4600 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; IL; TN
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CO; KS; NM; OK; TX
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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 tenuifolia is known from the southern high plains. In Texas, the species is found in the northern panhandle and extreme north-central part of the state. (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 tenuifolius |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 245. (1977) | (A. Gray) Shinners: Field & Lab. 17: 84. (1949) |
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