Dalea pulchra |
Dalea filiformis |
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Santa Catalina prairie-clover |
Sonoran prairie-clover |
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Habit | Shrubs, relatively erect, stiffly-branching, silky- or velvety-pubescent distally. | |
Stems | 5–10 dm, verruculose distally. |
(0.4–)0.7–3(–3.5) dm, eglandular. |
Inflorescences | spikes, densely flowered, obviously involucrate (proximalmost several whorls of bracts subtending rudimentary buds), 11.5–16 mm diam.; axis not visible, 0.4–0.7 cm; bracts deciduous, interfloral ones sometimes held in place by crowded flowers, 2–6.5 mm. |
spikes, relatively densely flowered, not involucrate, 5–7 mm diam.; axis not to partially visible, (0.2–)0.3–1.5(–2) cm; bracts early deciduous, 1.5–2.8 mm. |
Peduncles | 0–1 cm. |
(1.3–)2–8 cm. |
Stamens | 10, 7.5–9 mm, filaments distinct to 1.8–2.8 mm, anthers 0.6–0.7 mm. |
10, 2.5–3.5 mm, filaments distinct to 0.6–0.9 mm, anthers 0.2–0.3 mm. |
Corollas | bicolored, banner cream, reddish in age, epistemonous petals pink-purple; papilionaceous; banner 6–7.5 mm, blade ovate- or deltate-cordate, 2.8–4.2 × 3.4–4.4 mm; epistemonous petals attached proximal to middle of stamen tube; wings 4.1–5 × 2–2.6 mm; keel connate valvately, blades 5.2–6.8 × 3–3.5 mm. |
all pinkish or reddish, or banner paler; papilionaceous; banner 2.6–3.5 mm, blade ovate or deltate-ovate, 1.4–1.8 × 0.9–1.6 mm; epistemonous petals attached proximal to middle of stamen tube; wings 1.2–1.8(–2) × 0.8–1.1 mm; keel connate valvately, blades 1.4–1.9 × 0.8–1.1 mm. |
Calyces | asymmetric, recessed opposite banner, (4.5–)4.8–7.2 mm, densely pilose; tube 2.4–3.4 mm, hyaline intervals usually with row of inconspicuous blister glands between ribs (or eglandular), lobes triangular-aristate, spurred laterally near proximal end, unequal, abaxial longest. |
± asymmetric, not strongly recessed opposite banner, opening oblique, (2.5–)2.8–3.5 mm, pilosulous; tube (1.3–)2.8–3.5 mm, with 0 or 1(or 2) small glands between ribs, lobes triangular-acuminate or -aristate. |
Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, densely pubescent distally, eglandular. |
2–2.4 mm, pilosulous and, sometimes, gland-dotted distally. |
Seeds | 1.5–1.8 mm. |
1.5–1.9 mm. |
Principal | leaves 0.5–1.5 cm; leaflets 5 or 7(or 9), blades obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5–5 mm. |
leaves 1–3.5 cm; leaflets 3 or 5, blades linear-filiform, 5–23 mm. |
Annual | herbs, erect, glabrous or glabrate proximal to inflorescences. |
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2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Dalea pulchra |
Dalea filiformis |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering late summer–fall (spring). |
Habitat | Sandy to gravelly or rocky grasslands, open oak, juniper, or pine woodlands, desert scrub. | Open oak, juniper, or pine woodlands, grasslands, rocky soils along roads, disturbed places. |
Elevation | 900–1400 m. (3000–4600 ft.) | 1600–2400 m. (5200–7900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
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AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora)
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Discussion | Plants of Dalea pulchra are attractive in flower. The spikes shatter quickly at anthesis; legumes and seeds are seldom seen. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Dalea filiformis is distinctive in its relatively few, narrow leaflets. Its range is primarily southeastern and central Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, but it does occur in northern Arizona to nearly the Utah border, and there is one report for northern New Mexico in Sandoval County. (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 | ||
Name authority | Gentry: Madroño 10: 227, plate 14. (1950) | A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 39. (1853) |
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