Dalea Explained

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.^[1] Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739).^[2] They are native to the Western hemisphere, where they are distributed from Canada to Argentina.^[3] Nearly half of the known species are endemic to Mexico.^[4] Two species of Dalea (Dalea ornata and Dalea searlsiae) have been considered for rangeland restoration.^[5]

Species

Dalea comprises the following species:^{[6] [7] [8]}

• 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^[9]
• 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^[10] —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.—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 C.B.Rob. & Greenm.^[11]
• 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 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

External links

• • • Dalea. USDA PLANTS.

Notes and References

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2. Book: A Dictionary of Common Wildflowers of Texas & the Southern Great Plains . Holloway JE . Neill A. . TCU Press . Fort Worth, Texas . 2005 . 978-0-87565-309-9 . 51 .
3. Woods M . Hughes WS. . 2013 . The genus Dalea in Alabama . . 2013 . 30 . 1–12 . 2153-733X .
4. Estrada-Castillón AE . Villarreal-Quintanilla JA. . 2008 . A new species of Dalea sect. Parosela (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Amorpheae) from Durango, Mexico . . 60 . 4 . 332–35 . 10.1007/s12228-008-9039-7 . 2008Britt..60..332E .
5. Cane JH . Weber M . Miller S. . 2012 . Breeding biologies, pollinators, and seed beetles of two prairie-clovers, Dalea ornata and Dalea searlsiae (Fabaceae: Amorpheae), from the Intermountain West, USA . . 72 . 1 . 16–20 . 10.3398/064.072.0102 .
6. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Dalea . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 7 July 2014 .
7. Web site: GRIN species records of Dalea . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 7 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081014232732/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?3369 . 14 October 2008 . dead .
8. Web site: The Plant List entry for Dalea . 2013 . . . 7 July 2014 .
9. Turner BL. . 2006 . Dalea austrotexana (Fabaceae), a new species from southernmost Texas . . 88 . 3 . 288–93 . 10.5962/bhl.part.10455. free .
10. Turner BL. . 2010 . A new species of Dalea (Fabaceae) from southernmost Texas . . 2010 . 50 . 1–5 . 2153-733X .
11. It has been proposed that Dalea filiciformis be transferred to the genus Marina. See McMahon M . Hufford L. . 2004 . Phylogeny of Amorpheae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae) . . 91 . 8 . 1219–1230 . 10.3732/ajb.91.8.1219 . 21653479. free . and Cardoso et al. 2013.