''Dalea aurea'', commonly called golden prairie clover, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family (
). It is native to North America, where it is found in the
Great Plains
The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, an ...
and southwestern United States, and in the state of
Coahuila
Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico.
Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...
, Mexico.
Its natural habitat is in silty or gravelly prairies, often over limestone.
It is an herbaceous perennial, with pinnate-compound leaves. It produces yellow flowers in spring and early summer.
''Dalea aurea''
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Society
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aurea
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* Aurea (singer) (born 1987), Portuguese singer
* Aurea Alexandrina, a kind of opiate or antidote
* Áurea, a municipality ...