PLANTS Profile for Dalea leporina (foxtail prairie clover)

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Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock
foxtail prairie clover

Symbol:

DALE3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock

Dalea alopecuroides

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 367. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock

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Synonyms:
Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock

	DAAL4	Dalea alopecuroides Willd.
	DALA8	Dalea lagopus (Cav.) Willd.
	PAAL16	Parosela alopecuroides (Willd.) Rydb.

Distribution:
Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock


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USA (AL, AZ, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, NM, OH, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI)

Related Taxa:
Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 62 species in Dalea

Classification:
Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Dalea L. – prairie clover
Species	Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock – foxtail prairie clover

Wetland Indicator Status:
Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock

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More Accounts and Images:
Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26627.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/30/2008 04:44 PM MDT