Dalea pulchra |
Dalea laniceps |
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Santa Catalina prairie-clover |
woollyhead prairie clover |
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Habit | Shrubs, relatively erect, stiffly-branching, silky- or velvety-pubescent distally. | |
Stems | 5–10 dm, verruculose distally. |
0.3–0.8 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, densely flowered, not obviously involucrate, 15–20 mm diam.; axis not visible, 0.7–3(–3.5) cm; bracts persistent through anthesis, 6–9 mm. |
Peduncles | 0–1 cm. |
absent. |
Stamens | 10, 7.5–9 mm, filaments distinct to 1.8–2.8 mm, anthers 0.6–0.7 mm. |
10, 10–11 mm, filaments distinct to 1.2–1.6 mm, anthers 0.5–0.6 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. |
clear yellow, reddish brown in age; papilionaceous; banner 7–8.2 mm, blade reniform, 1.8–2.4 × 1.9–2.8 mm; epistemonous petals attached distal to middle of stamen tube; wings 2.4–2.7 × 1.2–1.4 mm; keel connate valvately, blades 3.2–4 × 1.6–2 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. |
somewhat asymmetric, slightly recessed opposite banner, 7.8–8.7 mm, densely pilose; tube 2.5–2.9 mm, with 2 or 3 small glands between ribs, lobes triangular-aristate, becoming plumose. |
Legumes | 2.5–3 mm, densely pubescent distally, eglandular. |
± 2.5 mm, distally with 2 rows of ascending hairs on either side of a glabrescent row, eglandular. |
Seeds | 1.5–1.8 mm. |
2.3–3 mm. |
Principal | leaves 0.5–1.5 cm; leaflets 5 or 7(or 9), blades obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5–5 mm. |
leaves (1–)1.5–3.5 cm; leaflets 3, blades rhombic-ovate to elliptic-oblanceolate, 5–18 mm, surfaces apparently eglandular. |
Perennial | herbs, erect to ascending, silvery-pilose. |
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2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Dalea pulchra |
Dalea laniceps |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering summer–fall. |
Habitat | Sandy to gravelly or rocky grasslands, open oak, juniper, or pine woodlands, desert scrub. | Rocky slopes and hills, deserts, grasslands, open pine woods. |
Elevation | 900–1400 m. (3000–4600 ft.) | 900–2500 m. (3000–8200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
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TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas) |
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.) |
In the flora area, Dalea laniceps is limited to the southeastern area of trans-Pecos Texas. (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) | Barneby: SouthW. Naturalist 15: 390. (1971) |
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