Dalea aurea
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the pea family}}
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| genus = Dalea
| species = aurea
| synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=76022-2 |title=Dalea aurea Nutt. ex Pursh |access-date=4 May 2024}}
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| Cylipogon capitatum | Raf.
| Petalostemon capitatus | DC.
| Parosela aurea | (Nutt. ex Pursh) Britton
| Psoralea aurea | (Nutt. ex Pursh) Poir.
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Dalea aurea, commonly called golden prairie clover,{{PLANTS|id=DAAU|taxon=Dalea aurea|access-date=12 February 2018}} is a species of flowering plant in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is native to North America, where it is found in the Great Plains and southwestern United States, and in the state of Coahuila, Mexico.{{BONAP|ref|genus=Dalea|species=aurea|accessdate=12 February 2018}}{{cite book |last1=Kearney |first1=Thomas |last2=Peebles |first2=Robert |date=1942 |title=Flowering plants and ferns of Arizona |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/132362 |publisher=U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |page=460 }} Its natural habitat is in silty or gravelly prairies, often over limestone.{{cite book |last1=Diggs |first1=George |last2=Lipscomb |first2=Barney |last3=O'Kennon |first3=Robert |date=1999 |title=Flora of North Central Texas |url=http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/bio/gdiggs/NCTXpdf.htm |publisher=Botanical Research Institute of Texas |page=648}}
It is an herbaceous perennial, with pinnate-compound leaves. It produces yellow flowers in spring and early summer.[https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=DAAU Dalea aurea] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Society