Dalea pinnata

Dalea pinnata
Flowering at Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Dalea
Species:
D. pinnata
Binomial name
Dalea pinnata
(J.F.Gmel.) Barneby

Dalea pinnata is a flowering plant mostly growing in Florida.[1] It's also found in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.[2] A member of the pea family, it is commonly called the summer farewell.[citation needed] It grows in sandhill, flatwoods and scrub habitats and blooms in late summer, attracting various pollinators.[3]

A short-lived perennial, Dalea pinnata buds are reddish and flowers pinkish-white or lavender-white. It is a larval host for Zerene cesonia.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Dalea pinnata var. pinnata - Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants.
  2. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.
  3. ^ "Summer farewell". Florida Wildflower Foundation. October 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)". www.fnps.org.


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