Minnesota Seasons - purple prairie clover


purple prairie clover				More photos…
Dalea purpurea var. purpurea

Taxonomy	Family:	Fabaceae (pea)
	Subfamily:	Papilionoideae
	Tribe:	Amorpheae

Nativity	Native
Status
Habitat	Dry to moderate moisture. Full sun. Prairies, meadows.
Flowering	June to August
Flower Color	Purple
Height	12″ to 36″

Identification

Similar Species

Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.

Sightings	Afton State Park Agassiz Dunes SNA Blanket Flower Prairie SNA Blue Mounds State Park Bonanza Prairie SNA Bunker Hills Regional Park Carver Park Reserve Chippewa Prairie Clinton Prairie SNA Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Crow Wing State Park Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Des Moines River Prairie SNA Elm Creek Park Reserve Felton Prairie SNA Shrike Unit Fort Ridgely State Park Glacial Lakes State Park Hythecker Prairie SNA Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA Kasota Prairie SNA Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA Kellogg-Weaver Unit Weaver Dunes Unit Lake Bronson State Park Lake Elmo Park Reserve Lost Valley Prairie SNA			Minneopa State Park Mound Spring Prairie SNA Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve Myre-Big Island State Park Old Mill State Park Oronoco Prairie SNA Osmundson Prairie SNA Pankratz Memorial Prairie North Unit Pembina Trail Preserve SNA Pembina Trail Unit Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Ordway Prairie Rice Lake Savanna SNA River Terrace Prairie SNA Roscoe Prairie SNA Rushford Sand Barrens SNA Schaefer Prairie Shooting Star Prairie SNA Spring Creek Prairie SNA Staffanson Prairie Strandness Prairie Two Rivers Aspen Prairie Parkland SNA Western Prairie SNA Wild River State Park Yellow Bank Hills SNA Zimmerman Prairie

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Synonyms	Petalostemon mollis Petalostemon purpureus Petalostemon purpureus var. mollis

Common Names	purple prairie clover purple prairie-clover purple prairieclover violet dalea violet prairie clover violet prairie-clover violet prairieclover