James’s Prairie Clover - Dalea jamesii
East of Hillsboro, NM
May 15, 2014
On May 15, 2014, we saw a number of Dalea jamesii, James’s Prairie Clover on a walk east of Hillsboro. It seems to thrive in dry sandy/rocky areas like this. Like D. formosa, the flowers of this plant start out yellow and turn red when fertilized.
O. B. Metcalf collected the specimen shown below near Hillsboro on September 6, 1904.
Warm Springs Wash, NE of Hillsboro, NM
August 2025
Photograph by Rebecca Hallgarth
