Dalea candida var. candida
Dalea candida var. candida
Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 18 Arkansas counties.
Who uses this plant?
10CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR
Genus host records with ranges including AR · Dalea
- Aristotelia roseosuffusellaPink-Washed Aristotelia
- Echinargus isolaReakirt's Blue, Isola Blue
- Hypomecis umbrosariaUmber Moth
- Hystrichophora taleanaIndigobush Twig Borer Moth
- Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
- Leptotes marinaMarine Blue
- Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
- Schinia lucensAmorpha Flower Moth, Leadplant Moth, Flase Indigo Flower Moth
- Stegasta bosqueellaRed-Necked Peanutworm
- Zerene cesoniaSouthern Dogface
42BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Dalea
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
5Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Dalea
- Colletes aberrans
- Colletes howardi
- Colletes robertsonii
- Colletes susannae
- Colletes wilmattae
1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Dalea
- Tympanuchus pallidicinctusLesser Prairie-Chicken
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- FABACEAE
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Arkansas rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| AR status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Will it fit your yard?
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Sources
- Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (2013)
- Arkansas occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications