Dalea pinnata
| Dalea pinnata | |
|---|---|
| Flowering at Silver Springs State Park | |
Secure (NatureServe) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Dalea |
| Species: | D. pinnata
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| Binomial name | |
| Dalea pinnata (J.F.Gmel.) Barneby
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Dalea pinnata is a flowering plant mostly growing in Florida. Also found in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, it is a member of the pea family and is commonly called the summer farewell. It grows in sandhill, flatwoods and scrub habitats and blooms in late summer, attracting various pollinators. It is a larval host for Zerene cesonia.
A short-lived perennial, Dalea pinnata buds are reddish and flowers pinkish-white or lavender-white. It may reach a height of up to 2 feet (approximately 0.6 meters).