''Dalea'' is a

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s in the

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. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary

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(1659–1739). They are native to the Western hemisphere, where they are distributed from

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. Nearly half of the known species are

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. Two species of ''Dalea'' (''Dalea ornata'' and ''Dalea searlsiae'') have been considered for

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restoration.

Species

''Dalea'' comprises the following species: * ''

Dalea abietifolia ''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 hem ...

'' (Rydb.) Bullock * ''

Dalea acracarpica ''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 hem ...

'' Barneby * ''

Dalea adenopoda ''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 hem ...

'' (Rydb.) Isely—Tampa prairie clover * ''

Dalea aenigma ''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 hem ...

'' Barneby * ''

Dalea albiflora ''Dalea albiflora'', the whiteflower prairie clover or scruffy prairie clover, is a perennial subshrub or herb of the subfamily Faboideae in the pea family-(Fabaceae). It is found in the southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico in the ...

'' A. Gray—whiteflower prairie clover * ''

Dalea analiliana ''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 hem ...

'' Spellenb. * ''

Dalea ananassa ''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 hem ...

'' Barneby * ''

Dalea antana ''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 hem ...

'' J.F. Macbr. * ''

Dalea arenicola ''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 hemi ...

'' (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 ''Dalea candida'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name white prairie clover. It is native to North America, where it can be found throughout central Canada, the central United States, and northern Mexico. ...

'' 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 ''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 hemi ...

'' 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 ''

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''. ''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 ''Dalea foliosa'', commonly called leafy prairie clover, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is an endangered species in the United States, where it occurs in three states: Illinois, Tennessee, and Alabama.USFWS''D ...

'' (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 ''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 hemi ...

'' Steud. * '' Dalea hemsleyana'' (Rose) Bullock * '' Dalea hintonii'' Sandwith * ''

Dalea holwayi ''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 hemi ...

'' 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 ''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 hemi ...

'' A. Gray—glandleaf prairie clover * ''

Dalea lamprostachya ''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 hem ...

'' 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 ''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 (physician), Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are n ...

'' 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 ''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 (physician), Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are n ...

'' Kunth * '' Dalea pennellii'' (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr. * ''

Dalea phleoides ''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 hemi ...

'' (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 ''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 hem ...

'' 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 ''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 hem ...

'' G. Don * '' Dalea pulchra'' Gentry—Santa Catalina prairie clover * ''

Dalea purpurea ''Dalea purpurea'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known as purple prairie clover.Dalea purpusii'' Brandegee * '' Dalea quercetorum'' Standl. & L.O. Williams * '' Dalea radicans'' S. Watson * '' Dalea reclinata'' (Cav.) Willd. * ''

Dalea reverchonii ''Dalea reverchonii'' is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae, legume family known by the common name Comanche Peak prairie-clover. It is endemism, endemic to Texas in the United States, where it is known from Bosque County, Texas, Bosq ...

'' (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 ''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 hem ...

'' Brandegee * '' Dalea tolteca'' Barneby * '' Dalea tomentosa'' (Cav.) Willd. ** var. ''mota'' Barneby ** var. ''psoraleoides'' (Moric.) Barneby ** var. ''tomentosa'' (Cav.) Willd. * '' Dalea transiens'' Barneby * ''

Dalea tridactylites ''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 hemi ...

'' 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

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''

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