North Carolina Wildflowers

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Fabaceae>Dalea

Summer-farewell (Dalea pinnata)
Scotland Co., NC
1 Oct 2006

An uncommon fall-bloomer in the NC sandhills; this is a very unusual member of the pea family. Formerly placed in Petalostemum

Summer-farewell (Dalea pinnata)
Scotland Co., NC
1 Oct 2006
Summer-farewell (Dalea pinnata)
Scotland Co., NC
1 Oct 2006

Pinnately compound leaves with needle-like leaflets.


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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