Dalea pulchra |
Dalea flavescens |
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Santa Catalina prairie-clover |
Canyonlands prairie clover |
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Habit | Shrubs, relatively erect, stiffly-branching, silky- or velvety-pubescent distally. | |
Stems | 5–10 dm, verruculose distally. |
(2.5–)3–4.5 dm, glandular-tuberculate. |
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, densely flowered, not involucrate, 8.5–12(–13) mm diam.; axis not visible, (1–)1.5–7(–10) cm; bracts deciduous, interfloral ones often held in place by crowded flowers, 2.5–5.5(–6.5) mm. |
Peduncles | 0–1 cm. |
(4–)7–20(–25) cm. |
Stamens | 10, 7.5–9 mm, filaments distinct to 1.8–2.8 mm, anthers 0.6–0.7 mm. |
5, (5.5–)6.2–10(–12.7) mm, filaments distinct to 3.4–6.2(–8.7) mm, anthers 0.9–1.6 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. |
white, ochroleucous in drying; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 5–7.4(–8.4) mm, blade broadly triangular to ovate, 2.6–4.2 ×2.2–3.9(–4.5) mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 3–3.9(–4.5) × 0.9–1.6(–1.9) 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, deeply recessed opposite banner, (3–)3.3–4.7(–5.2) mm, pilosulous, especially distally; tube (2–)2.2–2.8 mm, with 0–3 small, pale blister glands between ribs, lobes lanceolate. |
Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, densely pubescent distally, eglandular. |
3.1–3.7 mm, pilosulous distally and dotted with small glands. |
Seeds | 1.5–1.8 mm. |
2.1–2.4 mm. |
Principal | leaves 0.5–1.5 cm; leaflets 5 or 7(or 9), blades obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5–5 mm. |
leaves (2–)2.5–4(–4.5) cm; leaflets 5 or 7, blades oblong-obovate to narrowly oblong-elliptic, 7–17(–19) mm, surfaces glandular-punctate to glandular-verruculose abaxially. |
Perennial | herbs, erect, pilosulous except stems glabrous. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Dalea pulchra |
Dalea flavescens |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Sandy to gravelly or rocky grasslands, open oak, juniper, or pine woodlands, desert scrub. | Dry hills, sandy or rocky places, desert shrub communities, sometimes on limestone. |
Elevation | 900–1400 m. (3000–4600 ft.) | 900–1600 m. (3000–5200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
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AZ; UT
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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.) |
The distributions of Dalea flavescens and D. searlsiae are nearly discrete. (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 flavescens, D. epica | |
Name authority | Gentry: Madroño 10: 227, plate 14. (1950) | (S. Watson) S. L. Welsh ex Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 231. (1977) |
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