Dalea compacta, with the common name compact praireclover, is a plant of the Southwestern United States.[2] It is a perennial herb growing up to 2 feet (0.61 metres) tall.[3]
Dalea compacta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Dalea |
Species: | D. compacta
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Binomial name | |
Dalea compacta |
Uses
editThe Zuni people use the root as a poultice for sores and rashes, and an infusion of it is taken for stomach ache.[4]
References
edit- ^ Syst. veg. 3:327. 1826
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye 1980 A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388 (p. 376)