Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dalea albida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalea albida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dalea albida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dalea carnea var. albida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Dalea carnea var. albida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Petalostemon albidus
COMMON NAME:
White-tassels
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dalea albida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalea albida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dalea albida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dalea carnea var. albida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Dalea carnea var. albida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Petalostemon albidus
3137
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3-5 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/ Purplish
5-lobed calyx
Corolla not papilionaceous
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a spike
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p083
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p191
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