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Descriptive Flora 



11, small, dotted with glands. Flowers violet, small, bonnet- 

 shaped, in compact furry, oblong to cylindrical spikes tipping 

 the many short branches. Stamens 9 or 10. Pods tiny, one or 

 two-seeded, hidden in the numerous furry calyx cups. Spring 

 and summer. Usually on limestone hillsides. 



Parosela frutescens (A. Gray) Vail. Shrubby Dalea. 



(Balea frutescens A. Gray) 



A very much-branched, low, shrubby plant sprinkled with 

 short, terminal spikes or clusters of deep pink, rose or rose- 

 purple flowers similar to the Purple Dalea above. Leaves 

 pinnately-compound, about an inch long. Leaflets very small, 

 above y 8 " long, 13 to 17, dotted with glands on the under side. 

 Petals 5, unequal. Upper petal small, pale, almost white. Other 4 

 petals, bright purple and longer. Calyx deeply ridged, dotted 

 with large amber-colored glands, and not furry. Pods tiny, 1 or 

 2-seeded. June to November. Limestone slopes and hills. 

 Named for Dale, an English botanist. 



Peialostemon multiflorus Nutt. White Prairie Clover. 



Late blossoming, leafy plants 12-18" high, with several 

 slender stems coming from a common tough, woody root and 

 having wide-angled, or ascending leafy branches each tipped 

 with a white, globular flower cluster the size of a marble. Leaves 

 compound, y% — iy 2 " long. Leaflets 3 to 9, ^ — l° n g> linear 

 to spatulate, dotted with glands underneath. Stamens 5. (Daleas 

 have 10). Pods tiny 1 to 2-seeded, inconspicuous. June to 

 October. Chalk hills of the Edwards Plateau. 



Peialostemon stanfieldii Small. Prairie Clover. 



Tall, finely-leaved plants with rosy-violet, cone-shaped, 

 oblong or cylindrical heads or spikes of small blossoms swaying 

 on the long, naked ends of the several slender-stemmed, leafy, 

 ascending branches. Leaves pinnately compound. Leaflets 3 to 

 7, very narrow, with margins rolled inward and dotted with 

 minute glands underneath. Stamens 5. Pods tiny, 1 or 2-seeded, 



