Dalea L.

Prairie clover (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae

Characteristics

discussion of taxonomic concepts in Dalea and its relatives, see Barneby (1977). blue, purple, less commonly yellow, inserted on the staminal sheath, the standard clawed, frequently inserted below the wing and the keel petals, the wing and the keel petals perched on and disjointing from the staminal sheath, the keel petals partially united or free; stamens 10, 9, sometimes 5, sometimes indefinitely 5-10, monadelphous, the sheath split to varying degrees, the anther connective often gland tipped; ovary 2-ovulate, only 1 ovule fertile, sessile or short stipitate, the style filiform, the stigma usually minute. Fruit a small, 1-seeded, obovoid legume, sometimes glandular, indehiscent, included within the persistent calyx; seed 1, subreniform, smooth.
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Perennial or annual herbs or shrubs; gland dotted and nearly always pubes-cent. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, rarely paripinnate, trifoliate, or simple; leaflets relatively small, entire, conspicuously glandular dotted beneath, the rachis frequently margined or winged, glandular beneath; stipules herbaceous or gland-like; stipels usually represented by glands. Inflorescence of terminal or axillary spikes or racemes, often dense; bracts usually conspicuous, often glandular and pubescent. Flowers with the hypanthium campanulate or turbinate, 10-ribbed, often glandular, the glands and ribs sometimes obscured by pubescence; calyx teeth 5, more or less equal, as long as or longer than the cup; petals 5, white,
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

Dalea unspecified picture

Distribution

Dalea world distribution map, present in Panama and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331543-2
WFO ID wfo-4000010680
COL ID 3ZKB
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Synonyms

Petalostemon Dalea Kuhnistera Thornbera

Lower taxons

Dalea exigua Dalea feayi Dalea mexiae Dalea mixteca Dalea nemaphyllidia Dalea nobilis Dalea obreniformis Dalea polystachya Dalea searlsiae Dalea laniceps Dalea aurea Dalea bicolor Dalea exserta Dalea grayi Dalea greggii Dalea hallii Dalea hegewischiana Dalea pennellii Dalea pogonathera Dalea polygonoides Dalea pringlei Dalea pulchra Dalea quercetorum Dalea reverchonii Dalea sabinalis Dalea scariosa Dalea sericocalyx Dalea tentaculoides Dalea trochilina Dalea urceolata Dalea villosa Dalea viridiflora Dalea weberbaueri Dalea candida Dalea carnea Dalea virgata Dalea leporina Dalea rubescens Dalea lutea Dalea thouinii Dalea leucosericea Dalea cinnamomea Dalea phleoides Dalea lumholtzii Dalea hintonii Dalea versicolor Dalea neomexicana Dalea brachystachya Dalea coerulea Dalea scandens Dalea ornata Dalea cylindriceps Dalea sericea Dalea filiformis Dalea obovata Dalea flavescens Dalea gattingeri Dalea botterii Dalea pinnata Dalea bartonii Dalea frutescens Dalea albiflora Dalea carthagenensis Dalea cliffortiana Dalea compacta Dalea dorycnoides Dalea sericea Dalea caeciliae Dalea insignis Dalea jamesii Dalea kuntzei Dalea lachnostachys Dalea lanata Dalea lasiathera Dalea leucostachya Dalea luisana Dalea melantha Dalea minutifolia Dalea mollis Dalea mollissima Dalea mucronata Dalea multiflora Dalea myriadenia Dalea nana Dalea nelsonii Dalea parrasana Dalea pazensis Dalea pectinata Dalea similis Dalea smithii Dalea tenuifolia Dalea wrightii Dalea enneandra Dalea ananassa Dalea chrysophylla Dalea confusa Dalea cora Dalea cuatrecasasii Dalea daucosma Dalea dipsacea Dalea escobilla Dalea foliosa Dalea gypsophila Dalea illustris Dalea lamprostachya Dalea rubrolutea Dalea rzedowskii Dalea simulatrix Dalea sousae Dalea strobilacea Dalea tolteca Dalea transiens Dalea verna Dalea wigginsii Dalea reclinata Dalea tenuicaulis Dalea humilis Dalea leptostachya Dalea pulchella Dalea obovatifolia Dalea tomentosa Dalea tenuis Dalea lachnantha Dalea aenigma Dalea foliolosa Dalea abietifolia Dalea purpusii Dalea saffordii Dalea brandegei Dalea capitata Dalea emarginata Dalea galbina Dalea hemsleyana Dalea hospes Dalea analiliana Dalea austrotexana Dalea crassifolia Dalea cyanea Dalea cylindrica Dalea elata Dalea elegans Dalea eriophylla Dalea erythrorhiza Dalea exilis Dalea fieldii Dalea filiciformis Dalea jamesonii Dalea mcvaughii Dalea pseudocorymbosa Dalea ceciliana Dalea brachystachys Dalea filiciformis Dalea enneandra Dalea acracarpica Dalea lumholtzii Dalea nelsonii Dalea flavescens Dalea uniflora Dalea schiblii Dalea rupertii Dalea mountjoyae Dalea rosarum Dalea rupertiana Dalea jaliscana Dalea floridana Dalea emmae Dalea rubriflora Dalea wilsonii Dalea janosensis Dalea conetensis Dalea azurea Dalea prostrata Dalea gymnocodon Dalea glumacea Dalea boliviana Dalea ayavacensis Dalea onobrychis Dalea tridactylites Dalea pinetorum Dalea drummondiana Dalea isidori Dalea moquehuana Dalea radicans Dalea revoluta Dalea macrotropis Dalea trifoliata Dalea cuniculo-caudata Dalea dispar Dalea humifusa Dalea zimapanica Dalea bacchantum Dalea boraginea Dalea choanosema Dalea piptostegia Dalea plantaginoides Dalea formosa Dalea purpurea