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| name = Dalea albida
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
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| classis = Magnoliopsida - Dicots
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| genus = ''Dalea''
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| species = '''''D. albida'''''
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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Dalea albida'' from USDA NRCS [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=DAAL2 Plants Database].
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Common Name: White-tassels<ref name="Weakley 2015">Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref><ref name="USDA">USDA NRCS (2016) The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 02 February 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.</ref>
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==Taxonomic Notes==
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Synonyms: ''D. carnea'' var. ''albida'' (Torrey & A. Gray) Barneby; ''Petalostemon albidus'' (Torrey & A. Gray) Small.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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Varieties: one.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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==Description== <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
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''Dalea albida'' is a dioecious perennial that grows as a forb/herb or a subshrub.<ref name="USDA"/>
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==Distribution==
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This species occurs from eastern Georgia, westward to southeast Alabama, and southward to northern peninsular Florida.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/>
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==Ecology==
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''D. albida'' is found in pinelands.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/> It also occurs in central Florida glades where it has a 5% frequency.<ref name="Orzell & Bridges 2006">Orzell SL, Bridges EL (2006) Floristic composition of the south-central Florida dry prairie landscape. Florida Ecosystem 1(3):123-133.</ref>  It was found to be among the most cold-hardy legumes found in southern Georgia, where it persists through repeated frosts and was present in January and February field surveys.<ref name = "Hainds 1995"> Hainds, M. J. (1995). Legume population dynamics in a frequently burned longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem. Master of Science Thesis, Auburn University. 111 pages.</ref> It is found in dry-mesic to wet-mesic prairies.<ref name= "Orzell & Bridges 2006"/>
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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
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In the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, flowering occurs from July through November.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/>
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
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==Cultural use==
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==Photo Gallery==
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==References and notes==

Latest revision as of 08:55, 22 June 2022

Dalea albida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Dalea
Species: D. albida
Binomial name
Dalea albida
Torr. & A. Gray
DALE ALBI DIST.JPG
Natural range of Dalea albida from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Name: White-tassels[1][2]

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: D. carnea var. albida (Torrey & A. Gray) Barneby; Petalostemon albidus (Torrey & A. Gray) Small.[3]

Varieties: one.[3]

Description

Dalea albida is a dioecious perennial that grows as a forb/herb or a subshrub.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs from eastern Georgia, westward to southeast Alabama, and southward to northern peninsular Florida.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

D. albida is found in pinelands.[1] It also occurs in central Florida glades where it has a 5% frequency.[4] It was found to be among the most cold-hardy legumes found in southern Georgia, where it persists through repeated frosts and was present in January and February field surveys.[5] It is found in dry-mesic to wet-mesic prairies.[4]

Phenology

In the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, flowering occurs from July through November.[1]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  2. 2.0 2.1 USDA NRCS (2016) The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 02 February 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Orzell SL, Bridges EL (2006) Floristic composition of the south-central Florida dry prairie landscape. Florida Ecosystem 1(3):123-133.
  5. Hainds, M. J. (1995). Legume population dynamics in a frequently burned longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem. Master of Science Thesis, Auburn University. 111 pages.