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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dalea purpurea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pepu15_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_dalea_purpurea1
June Otoe County NE
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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).
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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).
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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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p185
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p034
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p132
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p169
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