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WEED FLORA OF IOWA 



Pink Parosela (Dalea alopecuroides Willd.). 



Description. — An erect annual from 2-3 ft. high, with pinnately- 

 compound leaflets; smooth flowers, whitish or light rose-color, in 

 cylindrical spikes; calyx villous; seeds kidney-shaped. 



Distribution. — From Minnesota to Alabama and the Rocky moun- 

 tains, common in western Iowa and introduced eastward in Wright, 

 Boone, and Story counties. 



Extermination. — It is sometimes found in clover seed grown in 

 western Iowa, also in alfalfa seed from the west, therefore care 

 should be used in the selecting of seed ; succumbs readily to culti- 

 vation. 



Fig. 110. Parosela {Dalea alopecuroides). Common in western Iowa and 



along railroads. 

 (Photographed by Quade.) 



