Dalea scariosa |
Dalea phleoides |
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Albuquerque prairie clover |
slimspike prairie clover |
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Stems | 2–7 dm, glandular-tuberculate. |
(2.5–)3–7 dm, glandular-tuberculate. |
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Inflorescences | spikes, relatively loosely flowered, not involucrate, 9–11 mm diam.; axis often partially visible at anthesis, 1.5–9(–13) cm; bracts early deciduous, 2.5–5 mm. |
spikes, densely flowered, not obviously involucrate, 5.5–7.5 mm diam.; axis not visible, (1.5–)2.5–9(–13) cm; bracts early deciduous or proximals persistent, interfloral ones held in place by crowded flowers, 2.5–4.5 mm. |
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Peduncles | 0.5–5 cm. |
(1–)2–20(–25) cm. |
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Stamens | 5, 8.5–9.8 mm, filaments distinct to 5–5.4 mm, anthers 0.7–1.1 mm. |
5, 5.2–7.4 mm, filaments distinct to 3–4.3 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm. |
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Corollas | pale pink to rose-purple; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 7.2–8 mm, blade suborbiculate-cordate, 4–4.5 × 1–4.5 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 3.7–4 × 1.8–2.2 mm, laterals often wider than abaxials. |
white; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 5.3–6.8 mm, blade deltate-obcordate, 2.8–3.5(–4) × 2.6–3.6(–5.2) mm; epistemonous petals attached at or near separation of filaments, blades 3–3.9 × 0.5–0.9 mm. |
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Calyces | asymmetric, recessed opposite banner, 4–5.8 mm, glabrous; tube 3–3.8 mm, green intervals each with a single row (or adaxial pair with 2 or 3 rows) of 3–5 blister glands, lobes subulate or adaxial pair triangular to triangular-apiculate. |
asymmetric, deeply recessed opposite banner, 2.5–3.8 mm, glabrous or pilosulous; tube 1.7–2.5(–2.8) mm, with 1 or 2 blister glands between ribs, adaxial with 3–7, lobes triangular-subulate or adaxial pair broadly triangular. |
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Legumes | 3.2–4 mm, glabrate, slightly ciliate distally and at proximal end of style, gland-dotted. |
2.5–2.9 mm, pilosulous distally, sometimes also gland-dotted. |
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Seeds | 2.3–3 mm. |
apparently unknown. |
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Perennial | herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
herbs, erect, pilosulous throughout or in part. |
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Principal | leaves 1–2.5 cm; leaflets (5 or) 7 or 9, blades obovate-cuneate, 3–8 mm. |
leaves 2.5–5.5(–6.5) cm; leaflets 13–41(–49), blades oblong to oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 2–14 mm, surfaces glandular-verruculose abaxially. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Dalea scariosa |
Dalea phleoides |
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Phenology | Flowering summer(–early fall). | |||||
Habitat | Sandy or limey soils, grasslands, sometimes with mesquite or juniper. | |||||
Elevation | 1400–1600 m. (4600–5200 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
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sc United States |
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Discussion | Dalea scariosa is a geographically restricted and beautiful plant that is known only from locations near Alburquerque and Belen. It appears to be related to two other rare taxa, D. bartonii and D. sabinalis. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). B. L. Turner (2013) divided Dalea phleoides into three species: D. phleoides, distinguished from D. drummondiana by longer leaf blades and calyces, and D. carrizoana, based on the absence of indument and an allopatric distribution (from DeWitt to Maverick counties) south of the range of the other two species; the latter two are treated here as synonyms of D. phleoides var. microphylla. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. | ||||
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea | ||||
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Synonyms | Petalostemon phleoides | |||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 369. (1882) | (Torrey & A. Gray) Shinners: Field & Lab. 17: 83. (1949) | ||||
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