PLANTS Profile for Dalea aurea (golden prairie clover)

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PLANTS Profile

Dalea aurea Nutt. ex Pursh
golden prairie clover

Symbol:

DAAU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. Usage Requirements.

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Dalea aurea Nutt. ex Pursh

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Synonyms:
Dalea aurea Nutt. ex Pursh

PAAU4

Parosela aurea (Nutt. ex Pursh) Britton

Distribution:
Dalea aurea Nutt. ex Pursh


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USA (AZ, CO, KS, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY)

Related Taxa:
Dalea aurea Nutt. ex Pursh

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 62 species in Dalea

Classification:
Dalea aurea Nutt. ex Pursh

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Dalea L. – prairie clover
Species	Dalea aurea Nutt. ex Pursh – golden prairie clover

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Dalea aurea Nutt. ex Pursh

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Dalea aurea Nutt. ex Pursh

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26599.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 08:27 AM CDT