Dalea villosa |
Dalea multiflora |
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hairy prairieclover, silky prairie clover |
roundhead prairie clover |
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Stems | 2.5–8(–9) dm, ± eglandular. |
3–8 dm, glandular-punctate. |
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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. |
spikes, densely flowered, nearly globose, inconspicuously involucrate (lowest bracts not subtending flowers), 7–9 mm diam.; axis not visible, 0.4–1(–1.2) cm; bracts early deciduous or proximals persistent, interfloral ones held in place by crowded flowers, 2–2.4 mm. |
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Peduncles | 0–1(–2.5) cm. |
(0–)0.5–3(–7) 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. |
5, (5–)5.2–7.6 mm, filaments distinct to 2.5–4.5 mm, anthers 0.7–1.2 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. |
white; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner (4–)4.2–5.7 mm, blade deltate-obovate, 2.3–3.4 × 2.4–3.7(–4.2) mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 2.3–3.5 × 1.5–2.1 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. |
subsymmetric, (2.9–)3–4.2(–4.4) mm, glabrous, lobes ciliolate; tube 1.6–2.6 mm, not deeply recessed opposite banner, with 1(–3) small blister glands between ribs, lobes lanceolate to triangular, ± unequal, abaxial pair longest. |
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Legumes | 2.5–3.2 mm, distally villosulous, ± eglandular. |
2.5–3 mm, glabrate, with ± prominent elongated glands on sides. |
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Seeds | 2–2.4 mm. |
1.6–2 mm. |
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Perennial | herbs, erect or ascending to spreading, sometimes trailing, sparsely pubescent or densely villosulous. |
herbs, erect to spreading, glabrous. |
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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. |
leaves 2–3 cm; leaflets (7 or)9 or 11(or 13), blades oblong to elliptic-oblanceolate, or linear-oblong, 7–13 mm. |
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Dalea villosa |
Dalea multiflora |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early fall. | |||||
Habitat | Prairies, rocky hills. | |||||
Elevation | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
North America
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CO; KS; MO; NE; OK; TX
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Dalea multiflora shows considerable geographic variation in stature. Its floral structure is similar to that of D. candida var. candida, and individuals intermediate between the two species occur (R. C. Barneby 1977c). In Texas, D. multiflora is known from the eastern two-thirds of the state. (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 villosus | Petalostemon multiflorus, Kuhnistera multiflora | ||||
Name authority | (Nuttall) Sprengel: Syst. Veg. 3: 326. (1826) | (Nuttall) Shinners: Field & Lab. 17: 82. (1949) | ||||
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