MASSIVE-SPIKE PRAIRIE-CLOVER
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Dalea cylindriceps Barneby
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| Grant County, Kansas (Marion McGlohon photo) |
| Perennial |
| Height: (4-)12-32 inches |
| Family: Fabaceae - Bean Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July, August, September |
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| Stems: | | Erect, usually simple, glabrous proximal to spike, glandular-punctate. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, usually odd-pinnately compound, rarely pinnately compound, 1.2 to 2.8 inches; leaflets 7-9, blade oblanceolate to oblong or elliptic, .5 to 1 inch long, .04 to .2 inch wide, margins entire, tip acute to acuminate, surfaces sparsely glandular-punctate abaxially. | | Inflorescences: | | Spikes, terminal, dense, cylindric, .8 to 7 inches long, .35 to .5 inch wide; axis not visible. | | Flowers: | | Not strongly papilionaceous, abaxial petals not forming obvious keel; calyx campanulate, .13 to .17 inch, densely pilose externally, tube .07 to .09 inch, lobes ovate to lanceolate, .05 to .09 inch; corolla white to pale pink or yellowish white, petals 5; banner .18 to .24 inch; stamens 5, fused in a single unit. | | Fruits: | | Legumes, ovate, straight, somewhat flattened in cross section, enclosed in persistent calyx, .1 to .12 inch, pilose distally; seeds .07 to .08 inch. | | Habitat: | | Sandsage prairies, sand dunes, and sandy flood plains. | | Distribution: | | Southwest corner of Kansas | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | cylindriceps, cylinder and head, alluding to the inflorescence. |
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| Massive-spike prairie-clover habit |  | | 157 KB | | Grant County, Kansas (Marion McGlohon photo) |
| | Massive-spike prairie-clover habit |  | | 207 KB | | (Craig Freeman photo) |
| | Massive-spike prairie-clover inflorescence |  | | 166 KB | | (Craig Freeman photo) |
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