Fabaceae FAMILY

Dalea aurea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dalea aurea is an erect, herbaceous perennial plant producing a cluster of usually unbranched stems 20 - 90cm tall[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. , 1359 Title Daleae Imagines; An Illustrated Revision of ERRAZURIZIA Philippi, PSOROTHAMNUS Rydberg, MARINA Liebmann, and DALEA L Publication Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden Vol 27 pp 1 - 892, 1977 Author Barneby R.C. Publisher The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York Year 1977 ISBN 0-89327-001-6 Description A very detailed treatment of the genera Errazurizia, Psorothamnus, Marina and Dalea ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 1359 Title Daleae Imagines; An Illustrated Revision of ERRAZURIZIA Philippi, PSOROTHAMNUS Rydberg, MARINA Liebmann, and DALEA L Publication Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden Vol 27 pp 1 - 892, 1977 Author Barneby R.C. Publisher The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York Year 1977 ISBN 0-89327-001-6 Description A very detailed treatment of the genera Errazurizia, Psorothamnus, Marina and Dalea ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral N. America - S. Dakota, south to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and northern Mexico

HabitatPrairies and dry hillsides, on a variety of soils but perhaps most vigorous on sedimentary bedrock, especially limestone; at elevations from 10 - 1,800 metres[ 1359 Title Daleae Imagines; An Illustrated Revision of ERRAZURIZIA Philippi, PSOROTHAMNUS Rydberg, MARINA Liebmann, and DALEA L Publication Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden Vol 27 pp 1 - 892, 1977 Author Barneby R.C. Publisher The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York Year 1977 ISBN 0-89327-001-6 Description A very detailed treatment of the genera Errazurizia, Psorothamnus, Marina and Dalea ].