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Scurfy Prairie Clover, Dalea albiflora

Scurfy Prairie Clover, Dalea albiflora

Scurfy Prairie Clover, Dalea albiflora	Scurfy Prairie Clover

Scurfy Prairie Clover Dalea albiflora, Family ( Papilionaceae ), Scurfy Prairie Clover Also called White Prairie Clover or White Dalea. Scurfy Prairie Clover is a perennial shrub about 1 - 2 feet tall with several branched stems, with smooth, bright green leaves, and dense spikes of white, bilaterally symmetrical flowers. The flowers spike to about 2 1/2" (6.5 cm) long; flowers 1/4" (6 mm) long; petals 5, upper ones broader, all with slender stalks; calyx with glands just beneath 5 teeth; stamens 10. The leaves are pinnately compound, with 5-9 oblong leaflets, each 1/2-1 1/2" long, minutely dotted with glands on the lower side. The fruit is a pod, 1/8" long, with glands on the walls. September. Scurfy Prairie Clover (D. albiflora), is found from Arizona and southwestern New Mexico south to Mexico. Height: Up to About 2 feet tall. Flowers: White. Flowers are solitary and terminal on long, almost leafless stems. The flowers have 5 petals and 10 stamens and are in terminal spikes. They attract butterflies and other insects. Blooming Time: May - September. Leaves: The leaves are pinnate and grayish green. The leaves and stems are covered in fuzzy white hairs. Elevation: 3500 - 6000 Feet. Habitat: Found in plains, arroyos, roadsides, and among piņon and juniper. Miscellaneous: Flowering Photos Taken September 20, 2003. Near Prescott.