PLANTS Profile for Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover)

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PLANTS Profile

Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea
purple prairie clover

Symbol:

DAPUP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea

Petalostemon purpureus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 370. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea

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Synonyms:
Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea

	PEMO9	Petalostemon mollis Rydb.
	PEPU15	Petalostemon purpureus (Vent.) Rydb.
	PEPUM	Petalostemon purpureus (Vent.) Rydb. var. mollis (Rydb.) B. Boivin

Distribution:
Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea


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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. var. purpurea

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 62 species in Dalea, 2 varieties in Dalea purpurea Vent.

Classification:
Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea

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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
Variety	Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea – purple prairie clover

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea

The related entities italicized and indented below are 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:
Dalea purpurea
purple prairie-clover		Special Concern
Michigan:
Dalea purpurea
purple prairie-clover		Probably Extirpated
Ohio:
Dalea purpurea
purple prairie-clover		Presumed Extirpated
Tennessee:
Dalea purpurea
purple prairie-clover		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 192912.

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

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea

MT & ND-Planting Guide (Forbs/Legumes)

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 08:15 AM MDT