Dalea aurea Pursh GRIN-Global

Taxon: Dalea aurea Pursh

Summary

Genus:

Dalea

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Amorpheae

Nomen number:

70220

Place of publication:

Fl. Amer. sept. 2:740. 1813 (T. Nuttall, Cat. pl. Upper Louisiana no. 29. 1813, nom. nud.)

Comment:

although Pursh cited "D. aurea. Fraser. catal. 1813" in synonymy, this cannot be considered as an ascription of the name to Nuttall (the author of Fraser's catalogue) (see Melbourne ICN Art. 46.3 & Ex. 13)
for date of this publication see Taxon 57:305. 2008

Verified:

02/17/1987 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

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Parosela aurea (Pursh) Britton

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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. 27:567.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
Wilson, J. K. 1939. Leguminous plants and their associated organisms. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. 221:1-48.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America		Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska
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	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado
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	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona

Native
Northern America

REGION: Mexico
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]

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=70220. Accessed 2 May 2026.