Dalea villosa
Dalea phleoides
hairy prairieclover, silky prairie clover
slimspike prairie clover
2.5–8(–9) dm, ± eglandular.
(2.5–)3–7 dm, glandular-tuberculate.
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, 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.
0–1(–2.5) cm.
(1–)2–20(–25) cm.
5, (5–)5.4–7 mm, filaments distinct to 2.5–4.4 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9(–1) mm.
5, 5.2–7.4 mm, filaments distinct to 3–4.3 mm, anthers 0.6–0.9 mm.
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 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.
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.
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.
2.5–3.2 mm, distally villosulous, ± eglandular.
2.5–2.9 mm, pilosulous distally, sometimes also gland-dotted.
2–2.4 mm.
apparently unknown.
herbs, erect or ascending to spreading, sometimes trailing, sparsely pubescent or densely villosulous.
herbs, erect, pilosulous throughout or in part.
leaves 2–4(–4.5) cm;
leaflets (9 or) 11–17(–21), blades elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 8.5–15 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.
Dalea villosa
Dalea phleoides
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
(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.)
1. Stems usually 2.5–5 dm, rarely longer, densely villosulous; leaflet blades 8.5–10(–11) mm, surfaces densely villosulous. | var. villosa |
1. Stems 5–8(–9) dm, sparsely pubescent; leaflet blades 10–15 mm, surfaces sparsely pubescent. | var. grisea |
1. Leaflets 13–21(–25), blades 5–14 mm. | var. phleoides |
1. Leaflets 25–41(–49), blades 2–7 mm. | var. microphylla |
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