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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dalea pinnata var. pinnata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalea pinnata var. pinnata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Dalea pinnata var. pinnata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-20-001:
Petalostemon pinnatum FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kuhnistera pinnata
COMMON NAME:
Summer Farewell, Eastern Prairie-clover
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Will Stuart wil_d_pinnata_pin_habitat
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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Will Stuart wil_d_pinnata_pinnata_605
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Leaves to 18mm long, leaflets linear and glabrous, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_d_pinnata_pinnata_617
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Flower heads dense; calyx lobes feathery silvery white, petals inconspicuous, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_d_pinnata_pinnata_632
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Flower heads have a conspicuous cuplike involucre of overlapping bracts, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdpinnata_ac
November
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Will Stuart wil_dalea_pinnata_112
December Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
The showy calyx lobes remain bright as the plant darkens with fall frosts, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_dalea_pinnata_189
December Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Calyx tube densely villous, 10-nerved; lobes plumose, filiform-subulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dalea pinnata var. pinnata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalea pinnata var. pinnata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Dalea pinnata var. pinnata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-20-001:
Petalostemon pinnatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kuhnistera pinnata
2418
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and other dryish pinelands, especially in loamy sands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-9(15) leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Calyx lobes feathery silvery white; petals & petaloid staminodes white
5-lobed calyx
5 monadelphous stamens + petaloid staminodes
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a corymbosely aggregated spike
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p135?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p274
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p326
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p200
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p162?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p034?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p191
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p048
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