Feay's Prairieclover
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Feay's Prairieclover
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A close-up of the globular cluster of Dalea feayi flowers - Feay's Prairieclover. This image was made in the Big Scrub of Ocala National Forest.
This image has been featured in the following groups:
Flora
& Wild Flowers
Feay's Prairieclover is a frequent wildflower of both coastal and inland scrub and sandhills in the central and southeastern Florida peninsula, plus Franklin & Wakulla Counties of the panhandle. It is also found in Long County in southeastern Georgia.
This native wildflower has many small, pink to rose-purple flowers in globular terminal spikes. The legumes are compressed and straight. Dalea feayi is a branched herb to 61cm (2 ft.) tall. Leaves are alternate with 3 to 9 gland-dotted, short, narrow leaflets.
The genus name honors English botanist Samuel Dale (1659-1739) and the species is named for Wiliam T. Feay, M.D. (1803-1879) who collected in the southern United States.
(Species description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)
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December 16th, 2015
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