Dalea pinnata

Dalea pinnata
	Flowering at Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Dalea
Species:	D. pinnata
Binomial name
	Dalea pinnata; (J.F.Gmel.) Barneby

Dalea pinnata is a flowering plant mostly growing in Florida.^[1] It's also found in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.^[2] A member of the pea family, it is commonly called the summer farewell.^{[citation needed]} It grows in sandhill, flatwoods and scrub habitats and blooms in late summer, attracting various pollinators.^[3]

A short-lived perennial, Dalea pinnata buds are reddish and flowers pinkish-white or lavender-white. It is a larval host for Zerene cesonia.^[4]

References

^ "Dalea pinnata var. pinnata - Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants.
^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.
^ "Summer farewell". Florida Wildflower Foundation. October 14, 2016.
^ "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)". www.fnps.org.

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[1] "Dalea pinnata var. pinnata - Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants.

[2] "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.

[3] "Summer farewell". Florida Wildflower Foundation. October 14, 2016.

[4] "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)". www.fnps.org.

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