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Dalea pinnata var. pinnata

Dalea pinnata var. trifoliata
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summer farewell
Stems

finely glandular-tuberculate proximal to spikes.

finely glandular-tuberculate proximal to spikes.
Leaflets

5–11(or 13), blades

3, blades involute, linear.
Involucres

6–9 mm wide.
Epistemonous

petals (including claw) 4.8–6.8 mm.
2n

= 14.

Dalea pinnata var. pinnata

Dalea pinnata var. trifoliata
Phenology Flowering fall–early winter. Flowering fall–early winter.
Habitat Open, sandy pine and oak woods. Sandy pine or oak woods.
Elevation 0–150 m. (0–500 ft.) 0–150 m. (0–500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; NC; SC
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

usually involute, ± linear. Involucres 6–9 mm wide. Epistemonous petals (including claw) 3.7–4.5 mm. 2n = 14.

In Florida, var. pinnata is frequent in the northern counties of the central peninsula.

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

Variety trifoliata occurs primarily in the Gulf coastal plain.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea > Dalea pinnata Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea > Dalea pinnata
Sibling taxa
D. pinnata var. adenopoda, D. pinnata var. trifoliata
D. pinnata var. adenopoda, D. pinnata var. pinnata
Synonyms Petalostemon corymbosus var. trifoliatus
Name authority unknown (Chapman) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 279. (1977)
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