3137

Forb
Perennial

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Uncommon

Look for it in pinelands, per Weakley's Flora

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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 p083

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dalea albida   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalea carnea var. albida   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Petalostemon albidus