Dalea villosa (Nutt.) Spreng. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Dalea villosa (Nutt.) Spreng.

Summary

Genus:

Dalea

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Amorpheae

Nomen number:

311203

Place of publication:

Syst. veg. 3:326. 1826

Verified:

10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Petalostemon villosus Nutt.

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Reference(s)

Barneby, R. C. 1977. Daleae imagines, an illustrated revision of Errazurizia Phil., Psorothamnus Rydb., Marina Liebm., & Dalea Lucanus emend. Barneby, including all species of Leguminosae tribe Amorpheae ever referred to Dalea. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 27:261.
Bushnell, O. A. & W. B. Sarles. 1937. Studies on the root-nodule bacteria of wild leguminous plants in Wisconsin. Soil Sci. 44(6):409-423.
Kindscher, K. Medicinal wild plants of the prairie: an ethnobotanical guide. 1992
Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998

Common names

English
silky prairie-clover –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	North Dakota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	South Dakota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Manitoba
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Saskatchewan

Native
Northern America

NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Montana]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Manitoba]

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311203. Accessed 1 May 2026.