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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Fabaceae
Dalea villosa (Nutt.) Spreng. var. villosa
downy prairie-clover, silky prairie-clover
Dalea: named after Samuel Dale (1659-1739), an English physician, botanist and botanical collector, and gardener who was the author of several botanical works and a treatise on medicinal plants. He was an associate of several major botanical figures in England,
villosa: Latin for "with hairs"
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-20" tall forb, softly hairy, appearing bluish |
| Flower: | pale purple, 5-parted, 1/4" long; inflorescence a 1/2"-4 1/2" long, dense spike blooming from the bottom upward; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | tiny pod not splitting open when mature |
| Leaf: | many, narrowly elliptical, pinnately-divided into an odd number of leaflets (11-17) with the end leaflet smallest |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies; in sandy soil |
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