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Dalea obovata

Dalea hallii

pussyfoot

Hall's prairie clover
Stems

to 5.5 dm, sparsely dotted with small, raised glands.

1.3–3(–4) dm, eglandular or with scattered small glands.
Inflorescences

spikes, densely flowered, not involucrate, (12–)14–20 mm diam.;

axis not visible, 3.5–11 cm;

bracts early deciduous, interfloral ones often held in place by crowded flowers, 5.5–11 mm.

spikes, relatively loosely flowered, not involucrate, 14–17 mm diam.;

axis partially visible, 1–5 cm;

bracts deciduous near anthesis, 4–6.5 mm.
Peduncles

0–3(–10) cm.

usually absent, rarely to 1 cm.
Stamens

5, (4.5–)5–6.6 mm, filaments distinct to 1–2.2 mm, anthers 0.6–0.8 mm.

10, 9.5–11.5 mm, filaments distinct to 2.5–3 mm, anthers (0.7–)0.8–1 mm.
Corollas

white, ochroleucous in drying;

not conventionally papilionaceous;

banner (3.5–)4–7 mm, blade ovate-oblong, (2–)2.2–2.9(–3.1) × 1.2–2 mm; epistemonous petals attached at or just proximal to separation of filaments, blades 2–3.2 × 0.5–0.9 mm.

yellow, rarely brownish in age; papilionaceous;

banner 5–6.2 mm, blade deltate-cordate, 2.8–3.3 × 3–3.8 mm; epistemonous petals attached near middle of stamen tube;

wings 3.6–5 × 2.2–2.8 mm;

keel connate valvately, blades 5.2–6.4 × 3.6–4 mm.
Calyces

± asymmetric, slightly recessed opposite banner, 3.3–5.8 mm, pilose;

tube (1.3–)1.4–2.1 mm, with 1 or 2 small glands between ribs, lobes triangular-aristate.

asymmetric, recessed opposite banner, (5.1–)5.5–7.8 mm, pilosulous to pilose;

tube 2.4–3 mm, with 2 or 3 small glands between ribs, lobes lanceolate-aristate.
Legumes

2.7–3 mm, pilosulous distally, eglandular.

3 mm, distally with 2 rows of ascending hairs on either side of a glabrescent row, eglandular.
Seeds

1.7 mm.

2.2 mm.
Perennial

herbs, short-lived, erect, ± lanate-pilose.

herbs, decumbent to ascending, strigulose.
Principal

leaves (2–)2.5–5 cm;

leaflets 7–11, blades obovate, (8–)10–16 mm, surfaces eglandular.

leaves 1.5–4.5 cm;

leaflets 3, blades linear-elliptic to linear, 8–30(–35) mm.

Dalea obovata

Dalea hallii
Phenology Flowering spring (fall–early winter). Flowering spring (fall).
Habitat Sandy, open ground on and near Gulf Coastal Plain. Rocky outcrops in grasslands, usually on limestone.
Elevation 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) 100–600 m. (300–2000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
TX
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from FNA
TX
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Dalea obovata occurs in the southern coastal plain of Texas as far north and west as Frio, Medina, and Travis counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Dalea hallii is endemic to central and north-central Texas from the edge of the Edwards Plateau from as far south as Bandera County northward to Fannin County along the Red River.

(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
D. albiflora, D. aurea, D. bartonii, D. bicolor, D. brachystachys, D. cahaba, D. candida, D. carnea, D. carthagenensis, D. compacta, D. cylindriceps, D. emarginata, D. enneandra, D. exigua, D. exserta, D. feayi, D. filiformis, D. flavescens, D. foliosa, D. formosa, D. frutescens, D. gattingeri, D. grayi, D. greggii, D. hallii, D. jamesii, D. lachnostachys, D. lanata, D. laniceps, D. lasiathera, D. leporina, D. lumholtzii, D. mollis, D. mollissima, D. multiflora, D. nana, D. neomexicana, D. ornata, D. phleoides, D. pinnata, D. pogonathera, D. polygonoides, D. pringlei, D. pulchra, D. purpurea, D. reverchonii, D. sabinalis, D. scandens, D. scariosa, D. searlsiae, D. tentaculoides, D. tenuifolia, D. tenuis, D. urceolata, D. versicolor, D. villosa, D. wrightii
D. albiflora, D. aurea, D. bartonii, D. bicolor, D. brachystachys, D. cahaba, D. candida, D. carnea, D. carthagenensis, D. compacta, D. cylindriceps, D. emarginata, D. enneandra, D. exigua, D. exserta, D. feayi, D. filiformis, D. flavescens, D. foliosa, D. formosa, D. frutescens, D. gattingeri, D. grayi, D. greggii, D. jamesii, D. lachnostachys, D. lanata, D. laniceps, D. lasiathera, D. leporina, D. lumholtzii, D. mollis, D. mollissima, D. multiflora, D. nana, D. neomexicana, D. obovata, D. ornata, D. phleoides, D. pinnata, D. pogonathera, D. polygonoides, D. pringlei, D. pulchra, D. purpurea, D. reverchonii, D. sabinalis, D. scandens, D. scariosa, D. searlsiae, D. tentaculoides, D. tenuifolia, D. tenuis, D. urceolata, D. versicolor, D. villosa, D. wrightii
Synonyms Petalostemon obovatus
Name authority (Torrey & A. Gray) Shinners: Field & Lab. 17: 84. (1949) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 625. (1873)
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