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Site: hilltop, 10-15 feet from the edge of a forest, located in dry grassland on a powerline right of way. This site gets late afternoon sun in the summer from NW. Shaded from most direct sunlight to the SE by an oak-hickory forest.

Plants glandular-punctate, mostly glabrous. Growing on deep sands, leaflets 4-6mm long, mostly 11-25 per leaf. Adaxial leaflet surfaces eglandular. Abaxial leaflet surfaces glandular-punctate. Plants up to 74cm tall

Photos 13-14 are leaflet adaxial surfaces.
Photos 15-16 are leaflet abaxial surfaces

https://www.phytologia.org/uploads/2/3/4/2/23422706/954274-278turner_dalea.pdf

First two pics show two species for comparative purposes.

Specimen on right: Note V-shaped base of flower, less dense branching, longer/narrower petals compared to Amphiachris (left; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34926032).

These specimens were growing adjacent to one another in the same soil type (a silty, firm sandy loam).

Headed down to the Lower Rio Grande Valley for a staff meeting with the other urban wildlife biologists.

Palo Alto Battlefield was my next stop -- although, I got here too late... They closed the front gates after 30 minutes. Oh well -- I spotted some neat things while I was there. :)

Red clay and gravel in hardwood pine forest. Found by my uncle, Larry Keith and identified by Larry Brown. Email exchange below:

Dear Mr. Keith,

I received the clover yesterday and identified it as Trifolium reflexum L. From only the pictures I would have called it T. pratense which is a common northern introduced clover that is planted for pasture improvement.

Your clover is a native species that is becoming rare across the eastern U.S. I have specimens of it from Arkansas and Louisiana. Your specimen is my first Texas record. It is mapped in northeast Texas with a collection, probably at the University of Texas, from Anderson County.

I appreciate the specimen and I will type a label under your name and add it to our herbarium.

Best wishes,

Larry E. Brown