Fabaceae

Silver prairie clover

Dalea bicolor Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Dalea

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Silver prairie clover (Dalea bicolor) — FlowerPhoto: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Silver prairie clover, Silver prairie-clover

Synonyms

Dalea seemanni S.Watson
Dalea seemannii subsp. seemannii
Dalea thymoides Schltdl. & Cham.
Parosela bicolor (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Rydb.
Parosela seemanni (S.Watson) Rose

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Oscar C. González Martínez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kristen Francis, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Diana Fuentes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Eric Polk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.