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!bee friendlybutterfly friendlyBenefits:
  • Wildflowers
  • Bees
  • Butterflies
  • Soil Nitrogen
  • Erosion Control

Range:Central US

Wetland: This species is not a wetland species.

Legal Status:! Michigan, Ohio: Extirpated. Kentucky: special concern, Tennessee: Endangered.
Plant Responsibly: Check the for this species.

Fall plant or Stratify? no

Ecotype:
  • Prairie
  • Urban Wasteland
  • Gardens


Suggested Companions:
American Basketflower {related_species:image-credit}
American Basketflower
Big Bluestem {related_species:image-credit}
Big Bluestem
Butterflyweed {related_species:image-credit}
Butterflyweed
Compass Plant {related_species:image-credit}
Compass Plant
Bush’s Yellow Coneflower {related_species:image-credit}
Bush’s Yellow Coneflower

Purple Prairie Clover

Dalea purpurea
Purple prairie clover is a US native perennial that is found throughout the central US. Although it is not a true clover, it is a legume and fixes nitrogen through association with Rhizobium bacteria.

Purple prairie clover can reach almost a meter tall, and can be quite bushy, sporting abundant clusters of cylindrical purple flowers. It blooms throughout the summer in the Central Great Plains, and in the mid-late summer farther north.  Apparently, it is a nutritious and tasty plant for grazing cattle. It is also used for slope stabilization, native road beautification, and ground cover throughout much of its native range. Native Americans made good use of the plant. Parts of the plant were used as teas, flavorful roots were chewed, and extracts from leaves were used to treat wounds.

It likes sunny positions in well-draining soil. 

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