Dalea pinnata

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]

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

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]