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Dalea searlsiae

Searls' prairie clover
Stems

(2.5–)3–5.5 dm, glandular-tuberculate.
Inflorescences

spikes, relatively densely flowered, not obviously involucrate, (8–)9–11 mm diam.;

axis partially visible at anthesis, (1.5–)2–9(–14) cm;

bracts deciduous, 3–5(–6) mm.
Peduncles

(2.5–)4–16(–20) cm.
Stamens

5, 5.5–8.5 mm, filaments distinct to 3–5.1 mm, anthers 1.1–1.5 mm.
Corollas

usually rose-purple, rarely white;

not conventionally papilionaceous;

banner 5.3–7.2 mm, blade ovate to ovate-triangular or -oblong, 2.8–3.7 × 2.2–3.4 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades (2.7–)3–4.1 × (0.9–)1.1–1.6 mm.
Calyces

asymmetric, deeply recessed opposite banner, opening oblique, (3.2–)3.5–4.6(–4.8) mm, glabrous or pilosulous proximally, pilosulous distally;

tube 2–2.8 mm, with (0 or)2–4 small, pale blister glands between ribs, lobes lanceolate-subulate or adaxial pair triangular-ovate.
Legumes

3.2–4 mm, pilosulous to ± glabrous distally and gland-dotted.
Seeds

2–2.8 mm.
Perennial

herbs, erect, pilosulous throughout or glabrous proximal to inflorescence.
Principal

leaves 2–5.5 cm;

leaflets 5 or 7(or 9), blades flat or folded, oblanceolate to obovate, 7–20 mm, surfaces glandular-tuberculate abaxially.

Dalea searlsiae
Phenology Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Rocky or sandy slopes or washes, among pine, juniper, or oak, sometimes in desert scrub.
Elevation 1100–2000 m. (3600–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT
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Discussion

The ranges of Dalea searlsiae and D. flavescens overlap only in a small area of south-central Utah and north-central Arizona. In California, D. searlsiae is known from the Inyo and White mountains and other desert mountains in the southeastern part of the state.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa 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. reverchonii, D. sabinalis, D. scandens, D. scariosa, D. tentaculoides, D. tenuifolia, D. tenuis, D. urceolata, D. versicolor, D. villosa, D. wrightii
Synonyms Petalostemon searlsiae
Name authority (A. Gray) Barneby: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 234. (1977)
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