Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Dalea phleoides var. phleoides
Dalea phleoides (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners var. phleoides
Slimspike Prairie Clover
Fabaceae (Pea Family)
USDA Symbol: DAPHPUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Dalea phleoides var. phleoides
Prairie Clover
Fabaceae
Location: 1 km E of intersection of Hwy 16 & RR 3550, near Poteet.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Dry red clay and sand. Full sun. Prosopis dominant in the area.
Description: Stout perennial, branched from near base, to 70 cm tall, striate, glabrous. Leaves to 3 cm long, stipulate, alternate, once imparipinnately compound. Leaflets about 11, oblong, 5 mm long. Infloresence a dense cylindric spike to 5 cm long x 1 cm thick. Flowers small, white.
County: Atascosa
Collector: Louise Morrell
Collection Date: Jul 30, 1993
Specimen number: 14
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0480
Accession Date: Jul 30, 1993
Accession Number: 37
Annotations: SCFRA