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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dalea pinnata var. trifoliata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
See herbarium specimens at the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalea pinnata var. trifoliata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kuhnistera pinnata
COMMON NAME:
Summer Farewell
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dalea pinnata var. trifoliata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalea pinnata var. trifoliata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kuhnistera pinnata
3564
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry to moist longleaf pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Uncommon in GA
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets (usually)
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Petals & petaloid staminodes white
5-lobed calyx
5 monadelphous stamens + petaloid staminodes
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a corymbosely aggregated spike
FRUIT:
Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p135?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p034?
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".