Dalea foliosa |
Dalea villosa |
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leafy prairie-clover |
hairy prairieclover, silky prairie clover |
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Stems | 3–8 dm, eglandular. |
2.5–8(–9) 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. |
spikes, moderately densely flowered, not involucrate, 7–10 mm diam.; axis eventually visible, 3–12(–14) cm; bracts deciduous, (1.5–)2–5.5 mm. |
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Peduncles | 0–2 cm. |
0–1(–2.5) 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. |
5, (5–)5.4–7 mm, filaments distinct to 2.5–4.4 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9(–1) 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. |
usually rose-purple to pale pink or lavender, rarely white; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 4.4–5.6 mm, blade ovate to elliptic, 2.3–3 × 2–2.6 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 2.1–3.8 × 0.9–1.3 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. |
asymmetric, recessed opposite banner, 2.8–3.8 mm, densely pilosulous; tube 1.9–2.7 mm, with 0 glands between ribs, lobes lanceolate or subulate or adaxial pair triangular to ovate. |
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Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, glabrous, dotted with small glands distally. |
2.5–3.2 mm, distally villosulous, ± eglandular. |
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Seeds | 1.8–2 mm. |
2–2.4 mm. |
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Perennial | herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
herbs, erect or ascending to spreading, sometimes trailing, sparsely pubescent or densely villosulous. |
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Principal | leaves 3–5.5 cm; leaflets 19–29(or 31), blades oblong-oblanceolate to -elliptic, 5–10 mm. |
leaves 2–4(–4.5) cm; leaflets (9 or) 11–17(–21), blades elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 8.5–15 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Dalea foliosa |
Dalea villosa |
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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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North America
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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 2 (2 in the flora). (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 | Petalostemon villosus | ||||
Name authority | (A. Gray) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 245. (1977) | (Nuttall) Sprengel: Syst. Veg. 3: 326. (1826) | ||||
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