''Dalea'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
legume
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family,
. 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
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to
Argentina
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.
Nearly half of the known species are
endemic
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to
Mexico
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.
Two species of ''Dalea'' (''Dalea ornata'' and ''Dalea searlsiae'') have been considered for
rangeland
Rangelands are grasslands, shrublands, woodlands, wetlands, and deserts that are grazed by domestic livestock or wild animals. Types of rangelands include tallgrass and shortgrass prairies, desert grasslands and shrublands, woodlands, s ...
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 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''
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''
(Rydb.) Gentry—Mexican prairie clover
* ''
Dalea feayi''
(Chapman) Barneby—Feay's prairie clover
* ''
Dalea fieldii''
(J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
* ''
Dalea filiciformis''
Robinson & Greenm.[It has been proposed that ''Dalea filiciformis'' be transferred to the genus '']Marina
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships ...
''. ''See'' and Cardoso ''et al.'' 2013.
* ''
Dalea filiformis''
A. Gray—Sonoran prairie clover
* ''
Dalea flavescens''
(S. Watson) S.L. Welsh—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 gypsophila''
Barneby
* ''
Dalea hallii''
A. Gray
* ''
Dalea hegewischiana''
Steud.
* ''
Dalea hemsleyana''
(Rose) Bullock
* ''
Dalea hintonii''
Sandwith
* ''
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 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''
Robinson & 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.
* ''
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 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 analiliana''
Spellenb.
* ''Dalea austrotexana''
B.L.Turner
* ''Dalea barbata''
(Oerst.) Aymard
* ''Dalea ceciliana''
B.L.Turner
* ''Dalea diversicolor''
Rydb.
* ''Dalea enneandra''
Nutt.
* ''Dalea filiciformis''
B.L. Rob. & Greenm.
* ''Dalea flavescens''
(S. Watson) S.L. Welsh ex Barneby
* ''Dalea flavorosea''
Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
* ''Dalea goldmani''
(Rose) 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''
(Rose) Wiggins
* ''Dalea melilotoides''
Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
* ''Dalea moricandi''
D. Dietr.
* ''Dalea mota''
Gentry
* ''Dalea multifoliata''
Phil.f.
* ''Dalea nelsonii''
(Rydb.) 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''
(Rose) Greenm.
* ''Dalea watsonii''
(Rose) Gentry
* ''Dalea whitingi''
Kearney & Peebles
Gallery
Dalea greggii flowers.jpg, '' Dalea greggii''
Feays Prairie Clover (5868223044).jpg, '' Dalea feayi''
Dalea mollissima.jpg, '' Dalea mollissima''
Summer Farewell (Dalea pinnata) (6332191741).jpg, '' Dalea pinnata''
Dalea formosa flowers.jpg, '' Dalea formosa''
References
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