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plant | Dalea purpurea |
common_name | Purple Prairie Clover |
plant_type | Forb |
bloom_range | Jun 18th to Jul 20th |
bloomed | Hasn't Bloomed Yet in 2024 |
quantity | 102.00 |
beds | A Beds |
legend_id |
umid | 28 |
botanical_name | Dalea purpurea |
common_name | Purple Prairie Clover |
plant_type | flowering herbaceous perennial |
fol_persis | deciduous |
nativity | Great Lakes native |
hardiness | 3 to 8 |
typical_height_ft | 1'-3' |
typical_width_ft | 1'-1.5' |
light_type | full sun |
details_on_light_needs | Best in full sun |
soil_type | clay, loam, sand |
soil_preference | Poor soils |
soil_moisture | moist to dry |
details_on_soil_moisture_needs | Well-drained soils |
drought_tol | drought tolerant |
deer_tol | moderate tolerance |
salt_tol | salt tolerant |
heat_tol | heat |
plant_form | erect or upright |
foliage_color | dark green |
fall_color | brown |
bloom_time | August, July, June |
bloom_color | purple, rose |
fruit_type | seed |
fruit_color | brown |
winter_form | seed head |
eco_value | bee, butterfly, nitrogen-fixer |
combines_well_with | Nodding onion, Butterfly Milkweed, Purple Coneflower, Rough Blazing Star, Big Bluestem, Switchgrass, Indian Grass, Prairie Dropseed |
notes | Fine-textured foliage. Flowers bloom from the bottom of the raceme to the top. Long-lasting bloom time. |
citation1 | http://www.newmoonnursery.com/plant/Dalea-purpurea |
citation2 | https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=DAPUP |
citation3 | https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/ppr_cloverx.htm |
citation4 | https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/purple-prairie-clover |
citation5 | http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=j970 |