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.

• 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

Gallery

References

External links

• USDA PLANTS.