James prairie clover

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James prairie clover

James prairie clover

James prairie clover

James prairie clover habit

Morphology

Stem

1-7(15) in number, .4. to 4.8 inches long, shorter ones erect, longer ones decumbent, silky-pilose.

Leaves

Alternate, 3-foliolate, petiole .12 to .6 inch; stipules .08 to .24 inch long; leaflets obovate to broadly oblanceolate, (.12).2 to .7 inch long, apex obtuse, surfaces densely silky-pubescent.

Inflorescence

Spikes, terminal, sessile or nearly so, densely hairy, .6 to 2.4 inches long, .6 to .7 inch in diam.

Flower

Calyx tube .1 to .14 inch long, pilose with spreading hairs; teeth 5, deltoid aristate, plumose, .2 to .4 inch long; corolla yellow, fading purplish or brown, papilionaceous, .4 to .8 inch long; banner .2 to .26 inch long; wings .22 to .27 inch; keel .26 to .33 inch; stamens 10.

Fruit

Pods, .14 to .16 inch long, pubescent; seed 1-2, yellowish, .1 to .12 inch, smooth.

Ecology

Habitat

Infrequent to locally common on dry, rocky short-grass prairie plains and hillsides

Distribution

Morton and Stanton counties in southwestern Kansas.

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