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Dalea mollis
Benth.
Family:
Fabaceae
hairy prairie clover,
more...
silk dalea, soft dalea
General Description
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Plant
: Annual, diminutive or mat-forming, hairy, unarmed, gland-dotted
Leaves
: odd-1-pinnate; leaflets 8-12, 3-7 mm, ± round to obovate-oblong, flat or folded, entire, flat
INFLORESCENCE
: spike, 8-15 mm wide, ovoid or short-cylindric; bracts generally ± conspicuous, < ± 1 mm wide
Flowers
: calyx 3-7 mm, lobes needle-like, ± = tube, shaggy-hairy, calyx tube 10-ribbed; petals often > sepals, whitish or lavender; stamens 9-10 or 5, filaments fused; ovules 2
Fruit
: legume, indehiscent, included in or slightly exserted from calyx; Seed 1,often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth
Misc
: Creosote-bush flats, washes, roadside; < 800 m.; Mar-Jun
References
: Shreve and Wiggins 1964.J.C. Hickman, ed. The Jepson Manual.
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