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Dalea reverchonii

Dalea lanata

Comanche Peak prairie clover

woolly prairie clover
Stems

1.5–2 dm, eglandular.

(2.5–)3–7 dm, eglandular or sparsely glandular-punctate or -verruculose.
Inflorescences

spikes, loosely flowered, not involucrate, 8–10 mm diam.;

axis visible, 1.5–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 2.5 mm.

spikes, loosely flowered, not involucrate, 6–8 mm diam.;

axis visible, (1–)1.5–7.5(–9) cm;

bracts persistent, 2.6–4 mm.
Peduncles

0–1 cm.

0.4–4 cm.
Stamens

5, 6.1–7.2 mm, filaments distinct to 3.3–4 mm, anthers 0.7–0.9 mm.

(5–)8–10 (sometimes only 5 functional), 6.5–8.5 mm, filaments distinct to 1.9–2.9 mm, anthers 0.4–0.6 mm.
Corollas

magenta-purple;

not conventionally papilionaceous;

banner 4.3–4.6 mm, blade ovate to elliptic, 2.1–2.3 × 1.8–2 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 2.6–3 × 1.1–1.3 mm.

red-violet to magenta or purple;

not conventionally papilionaceous;

banner 2.8–4.3 mm, blade ovate-cordate, ± peltate, ± cucullate, 1.8–3.1 × 1.8–2.8 mm; epistemonous petals attached near middle of stamen tube, blades 2–3.8 × 1.5–2.2 mm.
Calyces

subsymmetric, 4.2–4.6 mm, silky-pilosulous to -tomentulose, hairs subappressed;

tube 1.9–2.1 mm, with ribs leading to sinuses stronger than those leading to lobes, tube appearing bluntly 5-angled, with 0 glands between ribs, lobes lanceolate-acuminate or adaxial pair triangular-acuminate.

subsymmetric, 3.3–4.5(–4.8) mm, villosulous throughout or on lobes;

tube 1.8–2.5 mm, with 1–4 glands between ribs, lobes triangular to lanceolate, ovate-acuminate, or -apiculate.
Legumes

3.1–3.5 mm, pilosulous and gland-dotted distally.

2.5–3.1 mm, pilosulous distally and dotted with small glands.
Seeds

1.3 mm.

1.8–1.3 mm.
Perennial

herbs, decumbent, pilosulous.

herbs, prostrate, densely to sparsely pilosulous or glabrous.
Principal

leaves 2–3 cm;

leaflets 7 or 9, blades linear-oblong or -oblanceolate, 5–12 mm.

leaves 1–3 cm;

leaflets 9–15, blades obovate to broadly oblanceolate, 3–10(–12) mm.

Dalea reverchonii

Dalea lanata
Phenology Flowering spring–early summer (fall).
Habitat Rocky limestone soils.
Elevation ca. 400 m. (ca. 1300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
TX
[BONAP county map]
from USDA
sw United States; n Mexico
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[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Dalea reverchonii occurs in Hood, Parker, and Wise counties in north-central Texas. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

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

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

The geographical ranges of the two varieties show little overlap, with a separation at roughly the Pecos River.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Calyces: tube and lobes villosulous.
var. lanata
1. Calyces: tube glabrous, lobes usually villosulous.
var. terminalis
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. obovata, D. ornata, D. phleoides, D. pinnata, D. pogonathera, D. polygonoides, D. pringlei, D. pulchra, D. purpurea, 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. hallii, D. jamesii, D. lachnostachys, 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
Subordinate taxa
D. lanata var. lanata, D. lanata var. terminalis
Synonyms Petalostemon reverchonii
Name authority (S. Watson) Shinners: Field & Lab. 17: 84. (1949) — (as reverchoni) Sprengel: Syst. Veg. 3: 327. (1826)
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