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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
Fruit Type: Legume
Size Notes: "Stems (0.4) 0.7-2 (2.5) dm long." (bibref: 1812).
Leaf: "Leaves (0.4) 0.8-1.8 cm long." (bibref: 1812).
Flower: "Spikes 9-12 (13) mm diam, the axis 1-4 (5) c long; bracts 3-4.5 mm long, 3.2-4.6 mm wide; keel 4.2-5.7 mm, the claws 0.8-1.3 mm, the blades 3.4-4.8 mm long, 1.9-2.7 mm wide;." (bibref: 1812).
Fruit: "Pod 2.8-3.5 mm long, glabrous and hyaline in the lower 3/4, thence firm and densely ascending-pilosulous, the prow broad, grooved between the prominent margins; seed castaneous or mahogany-brown, smooth and lustrous, 1.9-2.4 mm long." (bibref: 1812).

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Purple , Violet
Bloom Time: Feb , Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , Nov , Dec
Bloom Notes: "Petals pale or vivid violet-purple." (bibref: 1812).

Distribution

USA: TX
Native Distribution: "Plains, low hills, beaches, common and locally abundant on sandy clays, below 180 m (600 ft), of the Gulf Coastal Plain of south Texas and Lower Rio Grande Valley downstream from Eagle Pass, southward through neighboring Coahuila and northern Tamaulipas to the first bench of Sierra Madre Oriental in northern Nuevo Leon, northwestward in scattered stations (perhaps partly introduced along highways) up to 800 m onto the limestones of Edwards Plateau (to Taylor and Reagan counties), and southwestward, up to 1700 m , into central San Luis Potosi." (bibref: 1812).
Native Habitat: "Plains, low hills, beaches, common and locally abundant on sandy clays, below 180 m (600 ft), of the Gulf Coastal Plain of south Texas and Lower Rio Grande Valley downstream from Eagle Pass, southward through neighboring Coahuila and northern Tamaulipas to the first bench of Sierra Madre Oriental in northern Nuevo Leon, northwestward in scattered stations (perhaps partly introduced along highways) up to 800 m onto the limestones of Edwards Plateau (to Taylor and Reagan counties), and southwestward, up to 1700 m , into central San Luis Potosi." (bibref: 1812).

Bibliography

Bibref 1812 - Daleae imagines : an illustrated revision of Errazurizia Philippi, Psorothamnus Rydberg, Marina Leibmann, and Dalea Lucanus emend. Barneby, including all species of Leguminosae tribe Amorpheae Borissova ever referred to Dalea (1977) Barneby, Rupert C.

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Dalea pogonathera var. walkerae in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Dalea pogonathera var. walkerae in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Dalea pogonathera var. walkerae