Английская Википедия:Dalea mollissima

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Dalea mollissima is a desert wildflower plant in the legume family (Fabaceae), with the common names soft prairie clover, downy dalea, and silk dalea.[1]Шаблон:Rp [2]

Distribution

The plant is native to the Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, and desert chaparral in adjacent mountains. It is found in California, northeastern Baja California, western Arizona, and southern Nevada.

It grows on desert flats and in washes, under Шаблон:Convert in elevation.

Description

Dalea mollissima is a small, mat-forming annual or perennial herbaceous plant .

Its leaves are made up of several pairs of oval-shaped fuzz-covered leaflets. The foliage is similar to Dalea mollis, but is covered with thinner, downy hairs.

It bears fluffy inflorescences of pea-like flowers in white or lavender. Its bloom period is March to May.

The fruit is a single-seeded legume pod.

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  1. Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd ed., 2013, Шаблон:ISBN
  2. DesertUSA: Silky Dalea, soft prairie clover, downy dalea