Dalea tenuifolia (A. Gray) Shinners
Slimleaf prairie clover
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8/26/2014 · La Ventana Natural Arch, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 6 × 7″ (16 × 18 cm)
ID is uncertain 
8/26/2014 · La Ventana Natural Arch, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 18 cm)
ID is uncertain 
8/26/2014 · La Ventana Natural Arch, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 6 × 7″ (14 × 16 cm)
ID is uncertain 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Fabales | Legumes (pea and bean families) |
| Family | Fabaceae | Legume family (peas and beans) |
| Genus | Dalea | Named after Samuel Dale (1659-1739), an English physician, botanist and botanical collector, and gardener who was the author of several botanical works and a treatise on medicinal plants. He was an associate of several major botanical figures in England, notably John Ray, one of the founding figures of British botany and zoology, William Sherard, and Mark Catesby |
| Species | tenuifolia | With finely-divided, slender leaves |
Dalea tenuifolia description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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