Fabaceae FAMILY

Dalea lanata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dalea lanata is a prostrate perennial plant producing one to a few stems 25 - 70cm long from a deeply-penetrating, orange-yellow taproot. The stems branch upward from near the base[ 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 food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral and southern N. America - Nevada to Nebraska, south to Arizona, Texas and Arkansas

HabitatPlains and prairies[ 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. ]. Deep sandy soils, usually on hummocked dunes or drift-sand plains; at elevations from near sea-level to 1,260 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 ].