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prairie clovers
Dalea
Dalea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the New World, where they are distributed from Canada to Argentina. Nearly half of the known species are endemic to Mexico. Two species of Dalea (Dalea ornata and Dalea searlsiae) have been considered for rangeland restoration.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
purple prairie clover
speciesDalea purpurea
white prairie clover
speciesDalea candida
feather dalea
speciesDalea formosa
soft prairie clover
speciesDalea mollissima
Andean Blue Clover
speciesDalea coerulea
Golden Prairie Clover
speciesDalea aurea
Silver Prairie Clover
speciesDalea bicolor
Compact Prairie Clover
speciesDalea compacta
black prairie clover
speciesDalea frutescens
Summer Farewell
speciesDalea pinnata
foxtail prairie clover
speciesDalea leporina
Roundhead Prairie Clover
speciesDalea multiflora
Hairy Prairie Clover
speciesDalea mollis
Feay's Prairie Clover
speciesDalea feayi
Silky Prairie Clover
speciesDalea villosa
bearded prairie clover
speciesDalea pogonathera
Nine-anther Prairie Clover
speciesDalea enneandra
Gattinger's Prairie Clover
speciesDalea gattingeri
Santa Catalina prairie clover
speciesDalea pulchra
dwarf prairie clover
speciesDalea nana
Wedgeleaf Prairie Clover
speciesDalea emarginata
trailing indigo bush
speciesDalea greggii
woolly prairie clover
speciesDalea lanata
Pink Prairie Clover
speciesDalea carnea
Searls' Prairie Clover
speciesDalea searlsiae
Hall's Dalea
speciesDalea hallii
whiteflower prairie clover
speciesDalea albiflora
Dalea boliviana
speciesDalea boliviana
Blue Mountain Prairie Clover
speciesDalea ornata
Tampa prairie clover
speciesDalea adenopoda
James' Prairie Clover
speciesDalea jamesii
Downy Prairie Clover
speciesDalea neomexicana
Yellow Dalea
speciesDalea lutea
leafy prairie clover
speciesDalea foliosa
Pussyfoot
speciesDalea obovata
oakwoods prairie clover
speciesDalea versicolor
Wright's prairie clover
speciesDalea wrightii
Slender Prairie Clover
speciesDalea tenuis
Slimleaf Prairie Clover
speciesDalea tenuifolia
Comanche Peak Prairie Clover
speciesDalea reverchonii
Slimspike Prairie Clover
speciesDalea phleoides
Pringle's Prairie Clover
speciesDalea pringlei
Dalea humifusa
speciesDalea humifusa
Dalea foliolosa
speciesDalea foliolosa
Purple Dalea
speciesDalea lasiathera
Dalea rubescens
speciesDalea rubescens
Low Prairie Clover
speciesDalea scandens
Dalea prostrata
speciesDalea prostrata
Albuquerque Prairie Clover
speciesDalea scariosa
Cahaba Prairie Clover
speciesDalea cahaba
Cartagena Prairie Clover
speciesDalea carthagenensis
Sonoran Prairie Clover
speciesDalea filiformis
Dalea elegans
speciesDalea elegans
Fort Bowie Prairie Clover
speciesDalea brachystachya
Cecilia's Dalea
speciesDalea ceciliana
whitetassels
speciesDalea mountjoyae
Sixweeks Prairie Clover
speciesDalea polygonoides
Andean Prairie Clover
speciesDalea cylindriceps
glandleaf prairie clover
speciesDalea lachnostachys
Dalea cylindrica
speciesDalea cylindrica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Carl Linnaeus — Hortus Cliffortianus (1737)
Carl Linnaeus · 1737 · p.387
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.171
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.327
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.472
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.496
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Dalea in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 63552.