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§1 Plant
Dalea jamesii (Torr.) Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular James' prairie clover — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Dalea
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 77 counties across 6 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 77 counties across 6 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Curry 35009
- De Baca 35011
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Grant 35017
- Guadalupe 35019
- Harding 35021
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lea 35025
- Lincoln 35027
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Carson 48065
- Childress 48075
- Crockett 48105
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Dickens 48125
- Donley 48129
- Floyd 48153
- Foard 48155
- Gray 48179
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Hardeman 48197
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Lubbock 48303
- Motley 48345
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Roberts 48393
- Winkler 48495
- Yoakum 48501
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DAJA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5353165 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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