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. It's also found in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. A member of the pea family, it is commonly called the summer farewell. It grows in sandhill, flatwoods and scrub habitats and blooms in late summer, attracting various pollinators.
A short-lived perennial, Dalea pinnata buds are reddish and flowers pinkish-white or lavender-white. It is a larval host for Zerene cesonia.