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bearded prairie clover

Dalea pogonathera

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 60, February 58, March 66, April 124, May 76, June 37, July 33, August 34, September 41, October 43, November 57, December 55.
United States1,006
Texas685
New Mexico181
Arizona138
Mexico36
Chihuahua17
Nuevo Leon6
Tamaulipas5
Coahuila de Zaragoza4
Sonora3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusprairie clovers · Dalea

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