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Fabaceae

Compact prairie clover

Dalea compacta Spreng.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Dalea

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Compact prairie clover: Dalea compacta, Garland, TX, USA, 2025-06-07 (iNaturalist).
Photo: Vince Hale, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Compact prairie clover, Compact prairie-clover

Synonyms

  • Kuhnistera compacta (Spreng.) Kuntze
  • Petalostemon compactus (Spreng.) Swezey

Characteristics

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

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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.