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Dalea pinnata

73
Strong

Native to Louisiana (estimated). How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 59%

Height
Up to about 3 feet
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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial

Not yet recorded · Spread · Light · Soil · Leaves · Bloom

Bloom: NC species account not read yet.

Spread, light, soil and leaves: no source found yet.

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

County records are not available.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food. 67 animals.

All wildlife of Louisiana

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

8CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA

Genus host records with ranges including LA · Dalea

  • Aristotelia roseosuffusellaPink-Washed Aristotelia
  • Echinargus isolaReakirt's Blue, Isola Blue
  • Hypomecis umbrosariaUmber Moth
  • Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Schinia lucensAmorpha Flower Moth, Leadplant Moth, Flase Indigo Flower Moth
  • Stegasta bosqueellaRed-Necked Peanutworm
  • Zerene cesoniaSouthern Dogface
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
42BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Dalea

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
5Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Dalea

  • Colletes aberrans
  • Colletes howardi
  • Colletes robertsonii
  • Colletes susannae
  • Colletes wilmattae
Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Dalea

  • Tympanuchus pallidicinctusLesser Prairie-Chicken
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

1AntsRecorded seed interactions
  • Pogonomyrmex badius

Pogonomyrmex badius: Seed predation.

No records yet · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Fabaceae
Flower color
White

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Petalostemum pinnatum

Conservation status

Louisiana rankSNR
Global rankG5
LA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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