Dalea villosa |
Dalea scariosa |
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hairy prairieclover, silky prairie clover |
Albuquerque prairie clover |
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Stems | 2.5–8(–9) dm, ± eglandular. |
2–7 dm, glandular-tuberculate. |
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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, relatively loosely flowered, not involucrate, 9–11 mm diam.; axis often partially visible at anthesis, 1.5–9(–13) cm; bracts early deciduous, 2.5–5 mm. |
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Peduncles | 0–1(–2.5) cm. |
0.5–5 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. |
5, 8.5–9.8 mm, filaments distinct to 5–5.4 mm, anthers 0.7–1.1 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. |
pale pink to rose-purple; not conventionally papilionaceous; banner 7.2–8 mm, blade suborbiculate-cordate, 4–4.5 × 1–4.5 mm; epistemonous petals attached at separation of filaments, blades 3.7–4 × 1.8–2.2 mm, laterals often wider than abaxials. |
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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. |
asymmetric, recessed opposite banner, 4–5.8 mm, glabrous; tube 3–3.8 mm, green intervals each with a single row (or adaxial pair with 2 or 3 rows) of 3–5 blister glands, lobes subulate or adaxial pair triangular to triangular-apiculate. |
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Legumes | 2.5–3.2 mm, distally villosulous, ± eglandular. |
3.2–4 mm, glabrate, slightly ciliate distally and at proximal end of style, gland-dotted. |
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Seeds | 2–2.4 mm. |
2.3–3 mm. |
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Perennial | herbs, erect or ascending to spreading, sometimes trailing, sparsely pubescent or densely villosulous. |
herbs, erect, glabrous proximal to inflorescences. |
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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 1–2.5 cm; leaflets (5 or) 7 or 9, blades obovate-cuneate, 3–8 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Dalea villosa |
Dalea scariosa |
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Phenology | Flowering summer(–early fall). | |||||
Habitat | Sandy or limey soils, grasslands, sometimes with mesquite or juniper. | |||||
Elevation | 1400–1600 m. (4600–5200 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
North America
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Dalea scariosa is a geographically restricted and beautiful plant that is known only from locations near Alburquerque and Belen. It appears to be related to two other rare taxa, D. bartonii and D. sabinalis. (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 | |||||
Name authority | (Nuttall) Sprengel: Syst. Veg. 3: 326. (1826) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 369. (1882) | ||||
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