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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dalea purpurea   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalea purpurea var. purpurea   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Dalea purpurea var. purpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Petalostemum purpureum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Petalostemon purpureus

 

COMMON NAME:
Purple Prairie-clover


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image of Dalea purpurea, Purple Prairie-clover

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pepu15_001_lvd

        

image of Dalea purpurea, Purple Prairie-clover

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_dalea_purpurea1

June    Otoe County    NE

image of Dalea purpurea, Purple Prairie-clover

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_dalea_purpurea1b

June    Otoe County    NE

Flowers occur in a round head that matures to a short cylindric head, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Dalea purpurea, Purple Prairie-clover

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_dalea_purpurea1c

June    Otoe County    NE

Pinnately compound leaves with an odd number of leaflets, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Dalea purpurea, Purple Prairie-clover

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_dalea_purpurea1d

June    Otoe County    NE

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dalea purpurea   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dalea purpurea var. purpurea   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Dalea purpurea var. purpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Petalostemum purpureum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Petalostemon purpureus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2311

Subshrub; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Prairies, glades, and open woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3-5(7) leaflets
Mostly alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Reddish-purple
Barely bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
Corolla not papilionaceous
5 stamens, monadelphous
Superior ovary

Inflorescence a spike

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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