Dalea pinnata

Dalea pinnata
Flowering at Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
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. ^[2] Also found in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, ^[3] it is a member of the pea family and is commonly called the summer farewell.^{[ citation needed ]} It grows in sandhill, flatwoods and scrub habitats and blooms in late summer, attracting various pollinators. ^[4] It is a larval host for Zerene cesonia . ^[5]

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). ^[6]

References

1. "Dalea pinnata". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
2. "Dalea pinnata var. pinnata - Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants.
3. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.
4. "Summer farewell". Florida Wildflower Foundation. October 14, 2016.
5. "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)". www.fnps.org.
6. Denhof, Carol. 2019. Plant Spotlight ''Dalea pinnata'' (J.F. Gmelin) Barneby var. Pinnata Summer Farewell. The Longleaf Leader. Vol. XII, Issue 3. Pg. 7.