Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
White Prairie Clover, Slender White Prairieclover, White Dalea, White Prairie-Clover, White Prairieclover, White Tassel-Flower
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Herb • Climbing: Not Climbing
Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 18-24" tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,998 meters (0 to 9,836 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space 12-15" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
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)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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)
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
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)
- Class:
Spermatopsida
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)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
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)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
(
)
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
)
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
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)
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Kuhnistera candida (Willd.)kuntze • Petalostemon candidum (Willd.)michx. • Psoralea candida (Willd.)poir.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dalea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 85 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
D. adenopoda (Tampa Prairie Clover) · D. albiflora (Scurfy Prairie Clover) · D. aurea (Golden Dalea) · D. bartonii (Cox's Dalea) · D. bicolor (Baja Dalea) · D. bicolor var. argyrea (Silver Dalea) · D. bicolor var. canescens (Silver Prairie-Clover) · D. bicolor var. naviculifolia (Silver Prairie-Clover) · D. brachystachya (Fort Bowie Prairie Clover) · D. candida (White Prairie Clover) · D. candida var. oligophylla (White Prairie Clover) · D. carnea (Hammock Prairie-Clover) · D. carnea var. albida (White-Tassels) · D. carnea var. carnea (Whitetassels) · D. carnea var. gracilis (White-Tassels) · D. carthagenensis (Cartagena Prairie Clover) · D. carthagenensis var. carthagenensis (Cartagena Prairie Clover) · D. carthagenensis var. floridana (Florida Prairie Clover) · D. carthagenensis var. portoricana (Puerto Rico Prairie Clover) · D. coerulea (Clover) · D. compacta (Compact Prairie Clover) · D. compacta var. pubescens (Compact Prairie Clover) · D. cylindriceps (Andean Prairie Clover) · D. emarginata (Wedge-Leaf Prairie Clover) · D. enneandra (Bigtop Dalea) · D. exigua (Chihuahua Prairie-Clover) · D. exserta (Mexican Prairie Clover) · D. feayi (Feay's Prairie Clover) · D. filiformis (Sonoran Prairie Clover) · D. flavescens (Canyonlands Prairie Clover) · D. foliosa (Leafy Prairie Clover) · D. formosa (Feather Dalea) · D. frutescens (Black Dalea) · D. gattingeri (Gattinger Prairie-Clover) · D. grayi (Gray's Prairie-Clover) · D. greggii (Gregg Dalea) · D. hallii (Hall's Prairie Clover) · D. jamesii (James Dalea) · D. lachnostachys (Gland-Leaf Prairie-Clover) · D. lanata (Woolly Prairie Clover) · D. lanata var. terminalis (Woolly Prairie Clover) · D. laniceps (Woolly-Head Prairie-Clover) · D. lasiathera (Purple Dalea) · D. leporina (Fox-Tail Prairie-Clover) · D. lumholtzii (Lumholtz Dalea) · D. mollis (Hairy Prairie Clover) · D. mollissima (Downy Dalea) · D. multiflora (Round-Head Prairie-Clover) · D. nana (Dwarf Dalea) · D. nana var. carnescens (Dwarf Prairie Clover) · D. neomexicana (Downy Prairie Clover) · D. neomexicana var. longipila (Downy Prairie Clover) · D. neomexicana var. neomexicana (Downy Prairie Clover) · D. obovata (Pussyfoot) · D. ornata (Blue Mountain Prairie Clover) · D. phleoides (Slim-Spike Prairie-Clover) · D. phleoides var. microphylla (Slimspike Prairie Clover) · D. pinnata (Summer Farewell) · D. pinnata var. pinnata (Summer Farewell) · D. pinnata var. trifoliata (Summer Farewell) · D. pogonathera (Bearded Dalea) · D. pogonathera var. pogonathera (Bearded Dalea) · D. pogonathera var. walkerae (Walker Prairie Clover) · D. polygonoides (Six-Weeks Prairie-Clover) · D. pringlei (Pringle Dalea) · D. pulchra (Indigo Bush) · D. purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover) · D. purpurea var. arenicola (Purple Prairie Clover) · D. purpurea 'Stephanie' (Purple Prairie Clover) · D. reverchonii (Comanche Peak Prairie Clover) · D. sabinalis (Sabinal Prairie Clover) · D. scandens (Low Prairie Clover) · D. scandens var. paucifolia (Low Prairie Clover) · D. scariosa (Albuquerque Prairie Clover) · D. searlsiae (Searle's Prairieclover) · D. tentaculoides (Gentry's Indigobush) · D. tenuifolia (Bigtop Dalea) · D. tenuis (Pink-Globe Prairie Clover) · D. urceolata (Pine Forest Dalea) · D. versicolor (Oakwoods Dalea) · D. versicolor var. sessilis (Mountian Delight) · D. versicolor versicolor (Oakwoods Prairie Clover) · D. villosa (Silky Prairie Clover) · D. villosa var. grisea (Silky Prairie Clover) · D. wrightii (Wright Dalea)
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Further Reading
- A preliminary classification of the plant communities of northeastern Montana / Robert L. DeVelice [et al.]. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1991. url , , , , , , , , , , , .
- Botanical and vegetation survey of Carter County, Montana, Bureau of Land Management-administered lands / prepared by Jim Vanderhorst, Stephen V. Cooper, and Bonnie L. Heidel; prepared for United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1998] url , .
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 3 1892-1896 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 153.
- Hooker, W. J. Flora boreali-americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America: compiled principally from the plants collected by Dr. Richardson & Mr. Drummond on the late northern expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. To which are added (by permission of the Horticultural society of London, ) those of Mr. Douglas, from north-west America, and of other naturalists /by Sir William Jackson Hooker. 1 1840 London, H.G. Bohn [1829]-1840. url p. 137, p. 288, p. 335.
- Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club. 5 1893 - 18 Durham, N.C.: Published for the Club by the Seeman Printery, 1889- url p. 197.
- National list of scientific plant names. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1982- url p. 130, p. 306.
- Plant community classification for vegetation on BLM lands, Pryor Mountains, Carbon County, Montana / Robert L. DeVelice & Peter Lesica; for USDI Bureau of Land Management, State Office. Helena, Mt.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1993. url p. 48.
- The Asa Gray bulletin. 2 1953 Ann Arbor, Mich. url p. 377, p. xiii.
- Torrey, J. & A. Gray A flora of North America: containing abridged descriptions of all the known indigenous and naturalized plants growing north of Mexico, arranged according to the natural system /by John Torrey and Asa Gray. 1 1838-1840 New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1838-[1843]. url p. 309.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- Nghia, N.H. 1998. Dalbergia entadoides. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Nielsen IC & Rico ML, 1994 (from ILDIS).
- Pippen, Jeffrey S. Jeff's Nature Page. Accessed December 8, 2007.
- Podlech D, 1996 (from ILDIS).
- Polhill RM, 1993 (from ILDIS).
- Rhytismatales database 2006.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Schrire BD, 1994-10 (from ILDIS).
- Sokoloff DD, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
- Stirton CH, 2001-06 (from ILDIS).
- The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- The Virtual Field Herbarium.
- Thomson, Christian (from Diptera).
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 03, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
- Vaz AMSF, 2001-05 (from ILDIS).
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Adenanthera intermedia. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- van der Maesen LJG, 1993 (from ILDIS).
- van der Maesen, LJG, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 21, 2007:
- Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
- US National Plant Germplasm System, United States National Plant Germplasm System Collection
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
- University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium
- Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874605
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-11304
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13638725
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:490587-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 311191
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26603
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB1A070
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 165641
Footnotes
- Mean = 627.010 meters (2,057.119 feet), Standard Deviation = 566.230 based on 904 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
