Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Feather Dalea, Feather Plume, Feather-Plume, Feather-Plume Dalea, Featherplume, Feathery Dalea
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing • Growth Form: Multiple Stem • Shape and Orientation: Semi-Erect
Flowers: Bloom Period: Indeterminate • Flower Color: Purple • Flower Conspicuous: Yes
Seeds: Seed Spread Rate: Slow • Seedling Vigor: Medium • Fruit/Seed Abundance: Medium • Fruit/Seed Color: Brown • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No • Cold Stratification Required: No
Foliage: Foliage Color: Gray-Green • Foliage Porosity Summer: Dense • Foliage Porosity Winter: Moderate • Foliage Texture: Fine • Fall Conspicuous: Yes • Leaf Retention: No
Size/Age/Growth
Active Growth Period: Spring , Summer, Fall • Growth Rate: Slow • Mature Height (feet): 3.0 • Maximum Height at 20 Years (feet): 3 • Size: 24-36" tall. • Vegetative Spread Rate: None • Lifespan: Lifespan
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,716 meters (0 to 8,911 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial • Coppice Potential: No • Progagated by Bulbs: No • Propagated by Bare Root: Yes • Propagated by Container: Yes • Propagated by Corms: No • Propagated by Cuttings: No • Propagated by Seed: Yes • Propagated by Sod: No • Propagated by Sprigs: No • Propagated by Tubers: No • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Spring • Fruit/Seed Period End: Fall • Fruit/Seed Persistence: Yes
Growth
Soil: Adapted to Medium Textured: Adapted to Medium Textured Soils • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes • Anaerobic Tolerance: None • Salinity Tolerance: Medium • CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium • Minimum pH: 5.5 • Maximum pH: 7.5 • Fertility Requirement: Low
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun . • Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High • Minimum Precipitation: 12 • Maximum Precipitation: 20 • Moisture Use: Low
Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): -13 • Minimum Frost Free Days: 160
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Kuhnistera foliosa (A. Gray)kuntze • Petalostemon foliosum A. Gray • Petalostemon foliosus A. Gray
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Shrub
, Lifespan: Perennial
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dalea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 85 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
D. adenopoda (Tampa Prairie Clover) · D. albiflora (Scurfy Prairie Clover) · D. aurea (Golden Dalea) · D. bartonii (Cox's Dalea) · D. bicolor (Baja Dalea) · D. bicolor var. argyrea (Silver Dalea) · D. bicolor var. canescens (Silver Prairie-Clover) · D. bicolor var. naviculifolia (Silver Prairie-Clover) · D. brachystachya (Fort Bowie Prairie Clover) · D. candida (White Prairie Clover) · D. candida var. oligophylla (White Prairie Clover) · D. carnea (Hammock Prairie-Clover) · D. carnea var. albida (White-Tassels) · D. carnea var. carnea (Whitetassels) · D. carnea var. gracilis (White-Tassels) · D. carthagenensis (Cartagena Prairie Clover) · D. carthagenensis var. carthagenensis (Cartagena Prairie Clover) · D. carthagenensis var. floridana (Florida Prairie Clover) · D. carthagenensis var. portoricana (Puerto Rico Prairie Clover) · D. coerulea (Clover) · D. compacta (Compact Prairie Clover) · D. compacta var. pubescens (Compact Prairie Clover) · D. cylindriceps (Andean Prairie Clover) · D. emarginata (Wedge-Leaf Prairie Clover) · D. enneandra (Bigtop Dalea) · D. exigua (Chihuahua Prairie-Clover) · D. exserta (Mexican Prairie Clover) · D. feayi (Feay's Prairie Clover) · D. filiformis (Sonoran Prairie Clover) · D. flavescens (Canyonlands Prairie Clover) · D. foliosa (Leafy Prairie Clover) · D. formosa (Feather Dalea) · D. frutescens (Black Dalea) · D. gattingeri (Gattinger Prairie-Clover) · D. grayi (Gray's Prairie-Clover) · D. greggii (Gregg Dalea) · D. hallii (Hall's Prairie Clover) · D. jamesii (James Dalea) · D. lachnostachys (Gland-Leaf Prairie-Clover) · D. lanata (Woolly Prairie Clover) · D. lanata var. terminalis (Woolly Prairie Clover) · D. laniceps (Woolly-Head Prairie-Clover) · D. lasiathera (Purple Dalea) · D. leporina (Fox-Tail Prairie-Clover) · D. lumholtzii (Lumholtz Dalea) · D. mollis (Hairy Prairie Clover) · D. mollissima (Downy Dalea) · D. multiflora (Round-Head Prairie-Clover) · D. nana (Dwarf Dalea) · D. nana var. carnescens (Dwarf Prairie Clover) · D. neomexicana (Downy Prairie Clover) · D. neomexicana var. longipila (Downy Prairie Clover) · D. neomexicana var. neomexicana (Downy Prairie Clover) · D. obovata (Pussyfoot) · D. ornata (Blue Mountain Prairie Clover) · D. phleoides (Slim-Spike Prairie-Clover) · D. phleoides var. microphylla (Slimspike Prairie Clover) · D. pinnata (Summer Farewell) · D. pinnata var. pinnata (Summer Farewell) · D. pinnata var. trifoliata (Summer Farewell) · D. pogonathera (Bearded Dalea) · D. pogonathera var. pogonathera (Bearded Dalea) · D. pogonathera var. walkerae (Walker Prairie Clover) · D. polygonoides (Six-Weeks Prairie-Clover) · D. pringlei (Pringle Dalea) · D. pulchra (Indigo Bush) · D. purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover) · D. purpurea var. arenicola (Purple Prairie Clover) · D. purpurea 'Stephanie' (Purple Prairie Clover) · D. reverchonii (Comanche Peak Prairie Clover) · D. sabinalis (Sabinal Prairie Clover) · D. scandens (Low Prairie Clover) · D. scandens var. paucifolia (Low Prairie Clover) · D. scariosa (Albuquerque Prairie Clover) · D. searlsiae (Searle's Prairieclover) · D. tentaculoides (Gentry's Indigobush) · D. tenuifolia (Bigtop Dalea) · D. tenuis (Pink-Globe Prairie Clover) · D. urceolata (Pine Forest Dalea) · D. versicolor (Oakwoods Dalea) · D. versicolor var. sessilis (Mountian Delight) · D. versicolor versicolor (Oakwoods Prairie Clover) · D. villosa (Silky Prairie Clover) · D. villosa var. grisea (Silky Prairie Clover) · D. wrightii (Wright Dalea)
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Further Reading
- A catalogue of the Coccidæ of the world. [By] Mrs. Maria E. Fernald, A.M. Amherst, Mass., Carpenter & Morehouse, 1903. url p. 164.
- Bibliographical index to North American botany; or, Citations of authorities for all the recorded indigenous and naturalized species of the flora of North America, with a chronological arrangement of the synonymy. by Sereno Watson. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1878. url p. 212.
- Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 108.
- Bulletin / Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. [S.l.: s.n.], 1888- url p. 164.
- Catalog of hymenoptera in America north of Mexico / prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein. .. [et al.]. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979- url , p. 2027, p. 2125, p. 2128.
- Contributions from the Herbarium of Columbia College. New York: Columbia College, 1886-1896. url p. 183, p. 303.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 1 1890-1895 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 119, p. 306, p. 34, p. 78.
- Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 24 2005 Ann Arbor: University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 1939- url p. 167.
- Erythea. a journal of botany, West American and general. Berkeley, Calif., University of California, 1893-1922. url p. 2.
- Flora of Colorado, Fort Collins, Col., Experiment Station, 1906. url .
- Flora of Colorado, by P. A. Rydberg, PH. D. Fort Collins, Col., Experiment Station, 1906. url p. 214.
- Flora of Colorado, by P.A. Rydberg. Fort Collins, Col., Experiment Station, 1906. url p. 214, p. 214.
- Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry. New York: The Garden and forest publishing co., 1888-97. url , p. 253, p. 323, p. 63.
- Native woody plants of the United States, their erosion-control and wildlife values. Washington, U. S. Govt. print. off., 1938. url , p. 116, p. 177.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 396.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 8 1885 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 470, p. 478, p. 487, p. 493.
- Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the secretary of war, in 1853-[6]. .. 4 1856 Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.]1855-60. url p. 78.
- Rocky mountain flowers; an illustrated guide for plantlovers and plant-users; with twenty-five plates in color and twenty-one plates in black and white [by] Frederic Edward Clements...and Edith Schwartz Clements... 1914 New York city, the H.W. Wilson company, 1914. url p. 179.
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 15 1878 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 212.
- Torrey, J. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey: made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior /by William H. Emory, major First Cavalry, and United States commissioner. 2(1) 1859 Washington: C. Wendell, printer, 1857-59. url p. 52.
- Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences. New York: New York Academy of Sciences. url p. 183, p. 218, p. 313.
- Transactions of the. .. annual meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science. Topeka, Kan.: Kansas Pub. House, 1883-1901. url p. 108.
- Trees and shrubs of Mexico / By Paul C. Standley. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1920-1926. url p. 457.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 19, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874614
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-9961
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13642997
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76149-2
- GRIN Nomen Number: 311196
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26616
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB1A0L0
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: DAFO
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 34343
Footnotes
- Mean = 1,255.620 meters (4,119.488 feet), Standard Deviation = 533.890 based on 178 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
