Dalea
Family: Fabaceae
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Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Cal campanulate to tubular or ellipsoid, strongly to obscurely 10-ribbed and often angled, the lobes in our spp. equal or subequal; pet all long-clawed, only the banner borne on the hypanthium, the other 4 set in sockets on the staminal tube or between the filaments at its summit; stamens 5-10, all with anthers; ovary short, with 2 ovules, only one fertile; style elongate; fr indehiscent, enclosed by the persistent cal; glandular-punctate herbs (ours) or shrubs with spirally twisted hairs (sometimes glabrous except for the mouth of the cal), small, odd-pinnate lvs and terminal bracteate spikes or heads of numerous small fls, x=7. (Kuhnistera, Parosela, Petalostemon) Petalostemon, often held as distinct, can be seen as an integral part of Dalea when the whole genus is considered. 160, New World.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Species within checklist: Sonoita Creek
Dalea albiflora
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Dalea brachystachya
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Dalea exigua
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Dalea formosa
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Dalea greggii
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Dalea jamesii
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Dalea lachnostachys
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Dalea nana
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Dalea neomexicana
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Dalea pogonathera
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Dalea pringlei
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Dalea pulchra
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