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. 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 have been considered for rangeland restoration.
Species
Dalea comprises the following species:- Dalea abietifolia Bullock
- Dalea acracarpica Barneby
- Dalea adenopoda Isely—Tampa prairie clover
- Dalea aenigma Barneby
- Dalea albiflora A. Gray—whiteflower prairie clover
- Dalea ananassa Barneby
- Dalea antana J.F. Macbr.
- Dalea arenicola B.L. Turner
- Dalea aurea C. Fraser—golden prairie clover
- Dalea austrotexana B.L.Turner
- Dalea ayavacensis Kunth
- * var. ayavacensis Kunth
- * var. killipii Barneby
- Dalea azurea Reiche
- Dalea bacchantum Barneby
- Dalea bartonii Barneby—Warnock's prairie clover, Cox's dalea
- Dalea bicolor Willd.—silver prairie clover
- * var. argyrea Barneby
- * var. bicolor Willd.
- * var. canescens Barneby
- * var. naviculifolia Barneby
- * var. orcuttiana Barneby
- Dalea boliviana Britton
- Dalea boraginea Barneby
- Dalea botterii Barneby
- Dalea brachystachya A. Gray—Fort Bowie prairie clover
- Dalea brandegei Bullock
- Dalea caeciliae Harms
- Dalea cahaba J.R.Allison—Cahaba prairie clover
- Dalea candida Willd.—white prairie clover, white tassel-flower
- * var. candida Willd.
- * var. oligophylla Shinners
- Dalea capitata S. Watson
- * var. capitata S. Watson
- * var. quinqueflora Barneby
- Dalea carnea Poir.—whitetassels
- * var. albida Barneby
- * var. carnea Poir.
- Dalea carthagenensis J.F. Macbr.—Cartagena prairie clover
- * var. barbata Barneby
- * var. brevis Barneby
- * var. capitulata Barneby
- * var. carthagenensis J.F. Macbr.
- * var. floridana Barneby
- * var. pilocarpa Barneby
- * var. portoricana Barneby
- * var. trichocalyx Barneby
- Dalea ceciliana—Cecilia's prairie clover
- Dalea choanosema Barneby
- Dalea chrysophylla Barneby
- Dalea cinnamomea Barneby
- Dalea cliffortiana Willd.
- Dalea coerulea Schinz & Thell.
- * var. coerulea Schinz & Thell.
- * var. longispicata Barneby
- Dalea compacta Spreng.—compact prairie clover
- * var. compacta Spreng.
- * var. pubescens Barneby
- Dalea confusa Barneby
- Dalea cora Barneby
- Dalea crassifolia Hemsl.
- Dalea cuatrecasasii Barneby
- Dalea cuniculo-caudata Paul G. Wilson
- Dalea cyanea Greene
- Dalea cylindrica Hook.
- * var. cylindrica Hook.
- * var. haenkeana Barneby
- * var. nova Barneby
- * var. sulfurea Barneby
- Dalea cylindriceps Barneby—Andean prairie clover
- Dalea daucosma Barneby
- Dalea dipsacea Barneby
- Dalea dispar C.V. Morton
- Dalea dorycnoides DC.
- Dalea elata Hook. & Arn.
- Dalea elegans Hook. & Arn.
- * var. elegans Hook. & Arn.
- * var. onobrychioides Barneby
- Dalea emarginata Shinners—wedgeleaf prairie clover
- Dalea enneandra C. Fraser—nineanther prairie clover
- Dalea eriophylla S. Watson
- Dalea erythrorhiza Greenm.
- Dalea escobilla Barneby
- Dalea exigua Barneby—Chihuahuan prairie clover
- Dalea exilis DC.
- Dalea exserta Gentry—Mexican prairie clover
- Dalea feayi Barneby—Feay's prairie clover
- Dalea fieldii J.F. Macbr.
- Dalea filiciformis Robinson & Greenm.
- Dalea filiformis A. Gray—Sonoran prairie clover
- Dalea flavescens S.L. Welsh—Canyonlands prairie clover
- Dalea foliolosa Barneby
- * var. citrina Barneby
- * var. foliolosa Barneby
- Dalea foliosa Barneby—leafy prairie clover
- Dalea formosa Torr.—featherplume
- Dalea frutescens A. Gray—black prairie clover, black dalea
- Dalea galbina J.F. Macbr.
- Dalea gattingeri Barneby—purpletassels
- Dalea glumacea Barneby
- Dalea grayi L.O. Williams—Gray's prairie clover
- Dalea greggii A. Gray—Gregg's prairie clover
- Dalea gypsophila Barneby
- Dalea hallii A. Gray
- Dalea hegewischiana Steud.
- Dalea hemsleyana Bullock
- Dalea hintonii Sandwith
- Dalea hospes Bullock
- Dalea humifusa Benth.
- Dalea humilis G. Don
- Dalea illustris Barneby
- Dalea insignis Hemsl.
- Dalea isidorii Barneby
- Dalea jamesii Torr. & A. Gray—James' prairie clover
- Dalea jamesonii J.F. Macbr.
- Dalea juncea Wiggins
- Dalea kuntzei Kuntze
- Dalea lachnostachys A. Gray—glandleaf prairie clover
- Dalea lamprostachya Barneby
- Dalea lanata Spreng.—woolly prairie clover, woolly dalea
- * var. lanata Spreng.
- * var. terminalis Barneby
- Dalea laniceps Barneby—woollyhead prairie clover
- Dalea lasiathera A. Gray—purple dalea
- Dalea leporina Bullock—foxtail prairie clover, hare's foot dalea
- Dalea leptostachya DC.
- Dalea leucosericea Standl. & Steyerm.
- Dalea leucostachya A. Gray
- * var. eysenhardtioides Barneby
- * var. leucostachya A. Gray
- Dalea luisana S. Watson
- Dalea lumholtzii Robinson & Fernald—Lumholtz's prairie clover
- Dalea lutea Willd.
- * var. gigantea Barneby
- * var. lutea Willd.
- Dalea macrotropis S. Schauer
- Dalea mcvaughii Barneby
- Dalea melantha S. Schauer
- Dalea mexiae Barneby
- Dalea minutifolia Harms
- Dalea mixteca Barneby
- Dalea mollis Benth.—hairy prairie lover
- Dalea mollissima Munz—soft prairie clover
- Dalea moquehuana J.F. Macbr.
- Dalea mucronata DC.
- Dalea multiflora Shinners—roundhead prairie clover
- Dalea myriadenia Ulbr.
- Dalea nana A. Gray—dwarf prairie clover
- * var. carnescens Kearney & Peebles
- * var. nana A. Gray
- Dalea nelsonii Rydb.
- Dalea nemaphyllidia Barneby
- Dalea neomexicana Cory—downy prairie clover, New Mexico dalea
- * var. longipila Barneby
- * var. neomexicana Cory
- Dalea nobilis Barneby
- Dalea obovata Shinners
- Dalea obovatifolia Ortega
- * var. obovatifolia Ortega
- * var. uncifera Barneby
- Dalea obreniformis Barneby
- Dalea onobrychis DC.
- Dalea ornata Eaton & Wright—Blue Mountain prairie clover, handsome prairie clover
- Dalea parrasana Brandegee
- Dalea pazensis Rusby
- Dalea pectinata Kunth
- Dalea pennellii J.F. Macbr.
- Dalea phleoides Shinners—slimspike prairie clover
- * var. microphylla Barneby
- * var. phleoides Shinners
- Dalea pinetorum Gentry
- Dalea pinnata Barneby—summer farewell
- Dalea piptostegia Barneby
- Dalea plantaginoides Barneby
- Dalea pogonathera A. Gray—bearded prairie clover
- * var. pogonathera A. Gray
- * var. walkerae B. L. Turner
- Dalea polygonoides A. Gray—sixweeks prairie clover
- Dalea polystachya Barneby
- Dalea pringlei A. Gray—Pringle's prairie clover
- Dalea prostrata Ortega
- Dalea pseudocorymbosa A.E.Estrada & Villarreal
- Dalea pulchella G. Don
- Dalea pulchra Gentry—Santa Catalina prairie clover
- Dalea purpurea Vent.—purple prairie clover, violet dalea
- Dalea purpusii Brandegee
- Dalea quercetorum Standl. & L.O. Williams
- Dalea radicans S. Watson
- Dalea reclinata Willd.
- Dalea reverchonii Shinners
- Dalea revoluta S. Watson
- Dalea rubrolutea Barneby
- Dalea rupertii A.E. Estrada, Villarreal & M. González
- Dalea rzedowskii Barneby
- Dalea sabinalis Shinners—sabinal prairie clover
- Dalea saffordii Bullock
- Dalea scandens R.T. Clausen—low prairie clover
- * var. occidentalis Barneby
- * var. paucifolia Barneby
- * var. scandens R.T. Clausen
- * var. vulneraria Barneby
- Dalea scariosa S. Watson—Albuquerque prairie clover
- Dalea schiblii Medina & M. Sousa
- Dalea searlsiae Barneby—Searls' prairie clover
- Dalea sericea Lag.
- Dalea sericocalyx L. Riley
- Dalea similis Hemsl.
- Dalea simulatrix Barneby
- Dalea smithii J.F. Macbr.
- Dalea sousae Barneby
- Dalea strobilacea Barneby
- Dalea tapacariensis Kuntze
- Dalea tentaculoides Gentry—Gentry's indigobush
- Dalea tenuicaulis Hook. f.
- Dalea tenuifolia Shinners—slimleaf prairie clover, bigtop dalea
- Dalea tenuis Shinners—pinkglobe prairie clover
- Dalea thouinii Schrank
- Dalea tinctoria Brandegee
- Dalea tolteca Barneby
- Dalea tomentosa Willd.
- * var. mota Barneby
- * var. psoraleoides Barneby
- * var. tomentosa Willd.
- Dalea transiens Barneby
- Dalea tridactylites Barneby
- Dalea trifoliata Zucc.
- Dalea trochilina Brandegee
- Dalea uniflora G.L. Nesom
- Dalea urceolata Greene—pineforest prairie clover
- * var. lucida Barneby
- * var. urceolata Greene
- Dalea verna Barneby
- Dalea versicolor Zucc.—oakwoods prairie clover
- * subsp. argyrostachya Barneby
- * subsp. glabrescens Barneby
- * subsp. sessilis Barneby
- * subsp. versicolor Zucc.
- Dalea villosa Spreng.—silky prairie clover
- * var. grisea Barneby
- * var. villosa Spreng.
- Dalea virgata Lag.
- Dalea viridiflora S. Watson
- Dalea weberbaueri Ulbr.
- * var. sericophylla Barneby
- * var. weberbaueri Ulbr.
- Dalea wigginsii Barneby
- Dalea wrightii A. Gray—Wright's prairie clover
- Dalea zimapanica S. Schauer
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
- Dalea acutiflora Steud.
- Dalea analiliana Spellenb.
- Dalea austrotexana B.L.Turner
- Dalea barbata Aymard
- Dalea ceciliana B.L.Turner
- Dalea diversicolor Rydb.
- Dalea enneandra Nutt.
- Dalea filiciformis B.L. Rob. & Greenm.
- Dalea flavescens S.L. Welsh ex Barneby
- Dalea flavorosea Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Dalea goldmani L.Riley
- Dalea gymnocodon Barneby
- Dalea holwayi Rose
- Dalea humboldtiana Velarde
- Dalea hypoglottidea DC.
- Dalea lachnantha S.Schauer
- Dalea lachnostachya A.Gray
- Dalea lagopoda St.-Lag.
- Dalea lateripes Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Dalea longipes Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Dalea lumholtzii B.L. Rob. & Fernald
- Dalea lutescens Cervantes ex G. Don
- Dalea megalostachya Wiggins
- Dalea melilotoides Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Dalea moricandi D. Dietr.
- Dalea mota Gentry
- Dalea multifoliata Phil.f.
- Dalea nelsonii Barneby
- Dalea pendulina Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Dalea polyadenia F. Heller
- Dalea scopa Barneby
- Dalea seleriana Harms
- Dalea unguicularis Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Dalea unifoliolata C.B.Rob. & Greenm.
- Dalea vernica Greenm.
- Dalea watsonii Gentry
- Dalea whitingi Kearney & Peebles
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