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Downy Prairie Clover

Dalea neomexicana (A. Gray) Cory

Comprehensive Description

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Parosela neomexicana (A. Gray) A. Heller, Cat. N. Am. PI
ed. 2. 6. 1900.
Dalea mollis ? tieo-mexicana A. Gray, PI. Wright. 1: 47. 1852.
A perennial, with a slender root; stem branched from the base, decumbent or prostrate, 1-2 cm. long, densely short-villous, almost velutinous; leaves 1.5-3 cm. long; stipules subulate, minute; petioles 3-6 mm. long; rachis densly short-villous; leaflets 7-11, obovate, retuse, densely villous, glandular-dotted, 3-S mm. long; peduncles opposite the leaves, 2-3 mm. long; racemes dense, 1-2 cm. long; bracts narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, scarcely longer than the calyx, Iong-villous; calyx-tube turbinate, strongly 10-ribbed, densely silky-villous, 3 mm. long; lobes about 5 mm. long; corolla mostly yellowish with purpleor rose-tinged keel, rarely rosecolored; blade of the banner broadly cordate, 3.5 mm. long, acute conspicuously glandulardotted towards the base, equaling the claw; blades of the wings obliquely obcuneate-ovate, acutish, with a rounded basal lobe, 3.5-4 mm. long, those of the keel-petals broadly obovate, with a rounded basal lobe, 4 mm. long, the claws of both 2-3 mm. long; pod villous.
Type locality: Hills west of the Pecos, Texas.
Distribution: Western Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas.
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Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Physical Description

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Perennial, Herbs, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems prostrate, trailing, or mat forming, Stems less than 1 m tall, Plants gland-dotted or with gland-tipped hairs, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules incon spicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules deciduous, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 5-9, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glandular punctate or gland-dotted, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Inflorescences spikes or spike-like, Inflorescence terminal, Bracts conspicuously present, Bracteoles present, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx gland-dotted or with glandular spot, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals white, Petals ochroleucous, cream colored, Petals bicolored or with red, purple or yellow streaks or spots, Banner petal narrow or oblanceolate, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit indehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit enclosed in calyx, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit hairy, Fruit 1-seeded, Seeds reniform, Seeds cordiform, mit-shaped, notched at one end, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.
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Dalea neomexicana

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Dalea neomexicana, the downy prairie clover, is a perennial plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) found in the Sonoran Desert and grasslands of southeastern Arizona to western Texas and into Mexico.[3]: 56  Its common name refers to its silky hairs covering it.[3]: 56 

References

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Dalea neomexicana (A.Gray) Cory". GBIF.org. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688

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Dalea neomexicana: Brief Summary

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Dalea neomexicana, the downy prairie clover, is a perennial plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) found in the Sonoran Desert and grasslands of southeastern Arizona to western Texas and into Mexico.: 56  Its common name refers to its silky hairs covering it.: 56 

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