Dalea carthagenensis(Jacq.) J.F.Macbr.

Cartagena prairie clover

WFO wfo-0000169044 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Dalea carthagenensis, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. a Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-12-30 / obs. 29882098
Dalea carthagenensis, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. b Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29882117
Dalea carthagenensis, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. c Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29882107

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
01306166
Filed as
Dalea carthagenensis var. pilocarpa (Rusby) Barneby
Det. by
R. C. Barneby 1967-01-01
Collected
G. Mandon 1860-04
Origin
BO
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Dalea carthagenensis is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBoliviaColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruPuerto RicoVenezuela Leeward Is.Netherlands Antilles
Native distribution of Dalea carthagenensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 41 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Dalea barbata (Oerst.) Aymard
  • Dalea capitulata (Rydb.) Harms
  • Dalea carthagenensis subsp. domingensis (DC.) R.T.Clausen
  • Dalea carthagenensis var. brevis (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby
  • Dalea carthaginensis subsp. typica R.T.Clausen
  • Dalea domingensis DC.
  • Dalea domingensis DC.
  • Dalea emphysodes (Jacq.) R.T.Clausen
  • Dalea emphysodes subsp. domingensis (DC.) R.T.Clausen
  • Dalea emphysodes subsp. emphysodes
  • Dalea enneaphylla (L.) Willd.
  • Dalea enneaphylla Bert. ex DC.
  • Dalea microphylla Kunth
  • Dalea microphylla var. brevis (J.F.Macbr.) J.F.Macbr.
  • Dalea microphylla var. vicina (J.F.Macbr.) J.F.Macbr.
  • Dalea phymatodes (Jacq.) Willd.
  • Dalea pilocarpa Rusby
  • Dalea tehuacana (Rydb.) Bullock
  • Dalea trichocalyx Ulbr.
  • Dalea vulneraria f. barbata Oerst.
  • Dalea vulneraria var. barbata Oerst.
  • Dalea vulneraria var. brevidens Oerst.
  • Parosela barbata (Oerst.) Rydb.
  • Parosela capitulata Rydb.

and 17 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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