Dalea villosa |
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hairy prairieclover, silky prairie clover |
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Stems | 2.5–8(–9) dm, ± eglandular. |
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Inflorescences | spikes, moderately densely flowered, not involucrate, 7–10 mm diam.; axis eventually visible, 3–12(–14) cm; bracts deciduous, (1.5–)2–5.5 mm. |
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Peduncles | 0–1(–2.5) cm. |
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Stamens | 5, (5–)5.4–7 mm, filaments distinct to 2.5–4.4 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9(–1) mm. |
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Corollas | usually rose-purple to pale pink or lavender, rarely white; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 4.4–5.6 mm, blade ovate to elliptic, 2.3–3 × 2–2.6 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 2.1–3.8 × 0.9–1.3 mm. |
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Calyces | asymmetric, recessed opposite banner, 2.8–3.8 mm, densely pilosulous; tube 1.9–2.7 mm, with 0 glands between ribs, lobes lanceolate or subulate or adaxial pair triangular to ovate. |
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Legumes | 2.5–3.2 mm, distally villosulous, ± eglandular. |
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Seeds | 2–2.4 mm. |
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Perennial | herbs, erect or ascending to spreading, sometimes trailing, sparsely pubescent or densely villosulous. |
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Principal | leaves 2–4(–4.5) cm; leaflets (9 or) 11–17(–21), blades elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 8.5–15 mm. |
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Dalea villosa |
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Distribution |
North America
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | ||||
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Dalea | ||||
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Synonyms | Petalostemon villosus | ||||
Name authority | (Nuttall) Sprengel: Syst. Veg. 3: 326. (1826) | ||||
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