Family Fabaceae Dalea candida Michx. ex Willd. var. oligophylla (Torr.) Shinners
slender white prairie-clover, white prairie-clover Dalea: named after Samuel Dale (1659-1739), an English physician, botanist and botanical collector, and gardener who was the author of several botanical works and a treatise on medicinal plants. He was an associate of several major botanical figures in England, candida: shining or pure white
