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Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
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Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)

General: Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae) is an upright herbaceous forb with compound leaves and odd clusters of purple flowers held on the ends of upright stalks.

Searls' Prairieclover is an uncommon component of vegetation communities in dry, well-drained sandy and gravelly areas on bajadas and moderate slopes in the lower mountains in the Upper Sonora (Creosote-Bursage Flats) and Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland) life zones.

Family: Legume (Fabaceae).

Other Names: Prairie Clover, Prairie-clover, Petalostemon searlsiae.

Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)

Plant Form: Several upright and spreading stems emerging from a central point.

Height: To about 1-1/2 feet.

Stems: Unbranched.

Leaves: Compound pinnate with long leaflets.

Flowers: Blooms late spring and early summer. Inflorescence: spike. Flowers: many small purple flowers compacted into a dense cluster; stamens yellow.

Seeds:

Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
Leaves

Habitat: Dry, well-drained sandy, gravelly, and rocky soils on flats, in and along washes, on bajadas, and on moderate slopes in the lower mountains.

Elevation: About 4,000 to 6,500 feet.

Distribution: California to Utah and Arizona.

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Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae) Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
Leaves
Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
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Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
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Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
Inflorescence is a spike
Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
Inflorescence is a spike
Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
Flower buds (tip), open flowers (middle), and spent flowers base
Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
Flower buds (tip), open flowers (middle), and spent flowers base
Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae) Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae) Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
Flowers
Searls' Prairieclover (Dalea searlsiae)
Spent flowers

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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