Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dalea carnea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalea carnea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dalea carnea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dalea carnea var. carnea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Dalea carnea var. carnea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Petalostemon carneus
COMMON NAME:
Pink-tassels
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August Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Flowers borne in compact tassel-like spikes 0.5-1.625" long, on branch tips, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dalea carnea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalea carnea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dalea carnea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dalea carnea var. carnea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Dalea carnea var. carnea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Petalostemon carneus
3136
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry sandy pinelands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare in GA
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: mostly 7-9 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink
(rarely white)
5-lobed calyx
Corolla not papilionaceous
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a spike
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p083
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p191
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