Dalea candida - (image 1 of 4)
Taxonomy
Family: Fabaceae
Habitat
Dry and mesic prairies. Sand and hill prairies.
Associates
Amorpha canescens, Andropogon scoparius, Anemone cylindrica, Asclepias verticillata, Bouteloua curtipendula, Comandra umbellata, Heuchera richardsonii, Liatris aspera, Lithospermum canescens, Lithospermum incisa, Pedicularis canadensis, Potentilla arguta, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Sporobolis heterolepis, Stipa spartea.
Distribution
IN to Manitoba and Alberta, south to KY, AR, TX, and NM.
Morphology
Perennial to 1 m. Leaves pinnate compound with less than 5 pairs of leaflets; leaflets usually less than 2mm wide. Flowers purple in cylindrical heads to 2-7 cm long; calyx and bracts pubescent.
Notes
Flowers late June to late September
Wetland indicator: Upland
Northeastern plants are var. purpurea
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
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