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 Western hemisphere, 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.
Species Dalea comprises the following species:
Dalea abietifolia (Rydb.) Bullock Dalea acracarpica Barneby
Dalea adenopoda (Rydb.) Isely—Tampa prairie clover Dalea aenigma Barneby
Dalea albiflora A. Gray—whiteflower prairie clover
Dalea analiliana Spellenb. Dalea ananassa Barneby
Dalea antana J.F. Macbr.
Dalea arenicola (Wemple) B.L. Turner
Dalea aurea C. Fraser—golden prairie clover Dalea austrotexana B.L.Turner Dalea ayavacensis Kunth var. ayavacensis Kunth var. killipii (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby Dalea azurea (Phil.) Reiche Dalea bacchantum Barneby
Dalea bartonii Barneby—Warnock's prairie clover, Cox's dalea
Dalea bicolor Willd.—silver prairie clover var. argyrea (A.Gray) Barneby var. bicolor Willd. var. canescens (M.Martens & Galeotti) Barneby var. naviculifolia (Hemsl.) Barneby var. orcuttiana Barneby
Dalea boliviana Britton Dalea boraginea Barneby Dalea botterii (Rydb.) Barneby Dalea brachystachya A. Gray—Fort Bowie prairie clover Dalea brandegei (Rose) 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 (Torr.) Shinners
Dalea capitata S. Watson var. capitata S. Watson var. quinqueflora (Brandegee) Barneby
Dalea carnea (Michx.) Poir.—whitetassels var. albida (Torr. & A. Gray) Barneby var. carnea (Michx.) Poir.
Dalea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F. Macbr.—Cartagena prairie clover var. barbata (Oerst.) Barneby var. brevis (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby var. capitulata (Rydb.) Barneby var. carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F. Macbr. var. floridana (Rydb.) Barneby var. pilocarpa (Rusby) Barneby var. portoricana Barneby var. trichocalyx (Ulbr.) Barneby
Dalea ceciliana—Cecilia's prairie clover Dalea choanosema Barneby Dalea chrysophylla Barneby
Dalea cinnamomea Barneby
Dalea cliffortiana Willd. Dalea coerulea (L. f.) Schinz & Thell. var. coerulea (L. f.) Schinz & Thell. var. longispicata (Ulbr.) Barneby
Dalea compacta Spreng.—compact prairie clover var. compacta Spreng. var. pubescens (A.Gray) Barneby Dalea confusa (Rydb.) 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 (Ulbr.) Barneby var. sulfurea (Ulbr.) 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 (Griseb.) Barneby
Dalea emarginata (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners—wedgeleaf prairie clover
Dalea enneandra Nutt.—nine-anther prairie clover
Dalea eriophylla S. Watson
Dalea erythrorhiza Greenm. Dalea escobilla Barneby
Dalea exigua Barneby—Chihuahuan prairie clover Dalea exilis DC. Dalea exserta (Rydb.) Gentry—Mexican prairie clover
Dalea feayi (Chapman) Barneby—Feay's prairie clover Dalea fieldii (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr. Dalea filiciformis C.B.Rob. & Greenm.It has been proposed that Dalea filiciformis be transferred to the genus Marina. See and Cardoso et al. 2013. Dalea filiformis A. Gray—Sonoran prairie clover
Dalea flavescens (S. Watson) S.L.Welsh ex Barneby—Canyonlands prairie clover Dalea foliolosa (Aiton) Barneby var. citrina (Rydb.) Barneby var. foliolosa (Aiton) Barneby Dalea foliosa (A. Gray) Barneby—leafy prairie clover Dalea formosa Torr.—featherplume
Dalea frutescens A. Gray—black prairie clover, black dalea
Dalea galbina (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr. Dalea gattingeri (A. Heller) Barneby—purpletassels
Dalea glumacea Barneby
Dalea grayi (Vail) L.O. Williams—Gray's prairie clover Dalea greggii A. Gray—Gregg's prairie clover
Dalea gymnocodon Barneby Dalea gypsophila Barneby Dalea hallii A. Gray Dalea hegewischiana Steud.
Dalea hemsleyana (Rose) Bullock
Dalea hintonii Sandwith
Dalea holwayi Rose Dalea hospes (Rose) Bullock Dalea humifusa Benth. Dalea humilis G. Don
Dalea illustris Barneby
Dalea insignis Hemsl.
Dalea isidorii Barneby Dalea jamesii (Torr.) Torr. & A. Gray—James' prairie clover Dalea jamesonii (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
Dalea juncea (Rydb.) Wiggins
Dalea kuntzei Kuntze Dalea lachnantha S.Schauer Dalea lachnostachya A.Gray Dalea lachnostachys A. Gray—glandleaf prairie clover
Dalea lamprostachya Barneby Dalea lanata Spreng.—woolly prairie clover, woolly dalea var. lanata Spreng. var. terminalis (M.E.Jones) Barneby Dalea laniceps Barneby—woollyhead prairie clover
Dalea lasiathera A. Gray—purple dalea
Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock—foxtail prairie clover, hare's foot dalea Dalea leptostachya DC. Dalea leucosericea (Rydb.) Standl. & Steyerm. Dalea leucostachya A. Gray var. eysenhardtioides (Hemsl.) Barneby var. leucostachya A. Gray
Dalea luisana S. Watson Dalea lumholtzii C.B.Rob. & Fernald—Lumholtz's prairie clover Dalea lutea (Cav.) Willd. var. gigantea (Rydb.) Barneby var. lutea (Cav.) Willd.
Dalea macrotropis S. Schauer
Dalea mcvaughii Barneby
Dalea melantha S. Schauer Dalea mexiae Barneby
Dalea minutifolia (Rydb.) Harms Dalea mixteca Barneby Dalea mollis Benth.—hairy prairie clover Dalea mollissima (Rydb.) Munz—soft prairie clover Dalea moquehuana J.F. Macbr. Dalea mucronata DC. Dalea multiflora (Nutt.) Shinners—roundhead prairie clover
Dalea myriadenia Ulbr. Dalea nana A. Gray—dwarf prairie clover var. carnescens (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles var. nana A. Gray
Dalea nelsonii (Rydb.) Barneby Dalea nemaphyllidia Barneby Dalea neomexicana (A. Gray) Cory—downy prairie clover, New Mexico dalea var. longipila (Rydb.) Barneby var. neomexicana (A. Gray) Cory
Dalea nobilis Barneby
Dalea obovata (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners Dalea obovatifolia Ortega var. obovatifolia Ortega var. uncifera (Schltdl. & Cham.) Barneby Dalea obreniformis (Rydb.) Barneby
Dalea onobrychis DC.
Dalea ornata (Hook.) Eaton & Wright—Blue Mountain prairie clover, handsome prairie clover
Dalea parrasana Brandegee
Dalea pazensis Rusby Dalea pectinata Kunth
Dalea pennellii (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
Dalea phleoides (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners—slimspike prairie clover var. microphylla (Torr. & A.Gray) Barneby var. phleoides (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners
Dalea pinetorum Gentry Dalea pinnata (J.F. Gmel.) Barneby—summer farewell Dalea piptostegia Barneby Dalea plantaginoides Barneby
Dalea pogonathera A. Gray—bearded prairie clover var. pogonathera A. Gray var. walkerae (Tharp & F. A. Barkley) B. L. Turner
Dalea polygonoides A. Gray—sixweeks prairie clover
Dalea polystachya (Sessé & Moc.) 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 (Cav.) Willd.
Dalea reverchonii (S. Watson) Shinners Dalea revoluta S. Watson
Dalea rubrolutea Barneby Dalea rubescens S.Watson Dalea rupertii A.E. Estrada, Villarreal & M. González
Dalea rzedowskii Barneby Dalea sabinalis (S. Watson) Shinners—sabinal prairie clover
Dalea saffordii (Rose) Bullock
Dalea scandens (Mill.) R.T. Clausen—low prairie clover var. occidentalis (Rydb.) Barneby var. paucifolia (J.M.Coult.) Barneby var. scandens (Mill.) R.T. Clausen var. vulneraria (Oerst.) Barneby Dalea scariosa S. Watson—Albuquerque prairie clover
Dalea schiblii Medina & M. Sousa
Dalea searlsiae (A. Gray) Barneby—Searls' prairie clover
Dalea sericea Lag. Dalea sericocalyx (Rydb.) L. Riley
Dalea similis Hemsl. Dalea simulatrix Barneby Dalea smithii (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr. Dalea sousae Barneby
Dalea strobilacea Barneby
Dalea tapacariensis Kuntze
Dalea tentaculoides Gentry—Gentry's indigobush Dalea tenuicaulis Hook. f. Dalea tenuifolia (A. Gray) Shinners—slimleaf prairie clover, bigtop dalea Dalea tenuis (J.M. Coult.) Shinners—pinkglobe prairie clover
Dalea thouinii Schrank
Dalea tinctoria Brandegee Dalea tolteca Barneby Dalea tomentosa (Cav.) Willd. var. mota Barneby var. psoraleoides (Moric.) Barneby var. tomentosa (Cav.) Willd. Dalea transiens Barneby
Dalea tridactylites Barneby Dalea trifoliata Zucc.
Dalea trochilina Brandegee
Dalea uniflora (Barneby) G.L. Nesom
Dalea urceolata Greene—pineforest prairie clover var. lucida (Rydb.) Barneby var. urceolata Greene
Dalea verna Barneby
Dalea versicolor Zucc.—oakwoods prairie clover subsp. argyrostachya (Hook. & Arn.) Barneby subsp. glabrescens (Rydb.) Barneby subsp. sessilis (A. Gray) Barneby subsp. versicolor Zucc.
Dalea villosa (Nutt.) Spreng.—silky prairie clover var. grisea (Torr. & A.Gray) Barneby var. villosa (Nutt.) Spreng.
Dalea virgata Lag. Dalea viridiflora S. Watson
Dalea weberbaueri Ulbr. var. sericophylla (Ulbr.) 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 The status of the following species is unresolved:
Dalea acutiflora Steud. Dalea barbata (Oerst.) Aymard Dalea diversicolor Rydb. Dalea flavorosea Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Dalea goldmani (Rose) L.Riley Dalea humboldtiana Velarde Dalea hypoglottidea DC. Dalea lagopoda St.-Lag. Dalea lateripes Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Dalea longipes Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Dalea lutescens Cervantes ex G. Don Dalea megalostachya (Rose) Wiggins Dalea melilotoides Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Dalea moricandi D. Dietr. Dalea mota Gentry Dalea multifoliata Phil.f. 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 (Rose) Greenm. Dalea watsonii (Rose) Gentry Dalea whitingi Kearney & Peebles
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References
External links
Dalea. USDA PLANTS.