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pinkglobe prairie clover

Pringle's dalea, Pringle's prairie clover

Stems

1.5–4(–5) dm, sparsely glandular-punctate.

Inflorescences

spikes, densely flowered, not involucrate, 7–12 mm diam.;

axis not visible, 0.5–2.5 cm;

bracts persistent through anthesis, 1.5–4.5 mm.

Peduncles

2.5–18 cm.

Stamens

5, 6–8.5 mm, filaments distinct to 2.5–4.8 mm, anthers 0.8–1 mm.

Corollas

pink;

not conventionally papilionaceous;

banner 4.6–5.8 mm, blade ovate, 2.2–2.5 × 1.5–2.8 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 2.7–3.1 ×1–1.3 mm.

Calyces

subsymmetric, 3–5.2 mm, silky-pilosulous, base with subappressed and retrorse hairs;

tube 2–3.1 mm, with 0 glands between ribs, lobes subulate or adaxial pair triangular-ovate.

Legumes

3.6 mm, glabrous or apically pilosulous, eglandular.

Seeds

apparently unknown.

Perennial

herbs, erect, glabrous or sparsely pilosulous.

Principal

leaves 1.5–3.5 cm;

leaflets 3 or 5, blades linear, 6–15 mm.

Dalea tenuis

Dalea pringlei

Phenology Flowering late spring–early summer (fall).
Habitat Rocky limestone soils.
Elevation 200–600 m. (700–2000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
OK; TX
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from USDA
sw United States; n Mexico
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Discussion

Dalea tenuis is largely a species of central Texas occurring as far east as McLennan County and south to Bandera County.

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

Varieties 3 (1 in the flora).

Two varieties of Dalea pringlei occur in Mexico. Variety multijuga Barneby is found in Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Sonora, while var. oxyphyllidia Barneby is restricted to the Río Mayo area of Sonora.

(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
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. searlsiae, D. tentaculoides, D. tenuifolia, 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. 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. 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. pringlei var. pringlei
Synonyms Petalostemon violaceus var. tenuis, P. tenuis
Name authority (J. M. Coulter) Shinners: Field & Lab. 17: 84. (1949) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 201. (1882)
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