PLANTS Profile for Dalea purpurea (purple prairie clover)

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PLANTS Profile

Dalea purpurea Vent.
purple prairie clover

Symbol:

DAPU5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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More Information:

Images:
Dalea purpurea Vent.

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Distribution:
Dalea purpurea Vent.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NY, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, WI, WY), CAN (AB, MB, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Dalea purpurea Vent.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 62 species in Dalea or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Dalea purpurea var. arenicola
purple prairie clover

Dalea purpurea var. purpurea
purple prairie clover

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Dalea purpurea Vent.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Dalea L. – prairie clover
Species	Dalea purpurea Vent. – purple prairie clover

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dalea purpurea Vent.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
purple prairie-clover		Special Concern
Michigan:
purple prairie-clover		Probably Extirpated
Ohio:
purple prairie-clover		Presumed Extirpated
Tennessee:
purple prairie-clover		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Dalea purpurea Vent.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26642.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Dalea purpurea Vent.

MT & ND-Planting Guide (Forbs/Legumes)

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 02:55 AM MDT