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Plant Names
Dalea purpurea
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalée violette
Synonyms
violet dalea
violet prairie-clover
Plant Characteristics
Couleur de floraison: Violet
Bloom Period: Jun - Aug
Hauteur max: 2,0 feet
Max Width: 2,0 feet
Light Condition:
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Soil conditions:
Tolère des conditions de sol sec
Tolerates medium soil condition
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Tolère des conditions de sol sec
Tolerates medium soil condition
Lifespan:
Vivace
des plantes qui reviennent année après année
Gardener Experience:
Ne se propage pas de manière incontrôlable
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Ne se propage pas de manière incontrôlable
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Landscape Uses:
Suitable for rock gardens
Suitable for Right of Way gardens
Suitable for container garden
Suitable for school gardens
Tolerates boulevard garden conditions
Suitable for rock gardens
Suitable for Right of Way gardens
Suitable for container garden
Suitable for school gardens
Tolerates boulevard garden conditions
Ecological Benefits:
Supports birds
Butterfly host
Fixes nitrogen in the soil
Keystone species
Supports birds
Butterfly host
Fixes nitrogen in the soil
Keystone species
Tolerates:
Tolerates drought conditions
Tolerates salt conditions
Tolerates limestone conditions
Tolerates juglone conditions
Tolerates drought conditions
Tolerates salt conditions
Tolerates limestone conditions
Tolerates juglone conditions
Special Features and Considerations:
This plant is septic tank safe
This plant is septic tank safe
Seed and plant distribution status
No seeds available for this plant.
Nous acceptions les semences de cette plante
Faits intéressants
Purple Prairie Clover is a beautiful native perennial with slender, upright stems and distinctive cylindrical flower heads covered with tiny purple flowers. The flowers open gradually from the bottom upward, creating a ring of colour around the flower head.
Purple Prairie Clover does not like wet feet or heavy, poorly drained soil. It is an excellent choice for dry, sunny native gardens and prairie plantings and is very drought tolerant once established, due to its long root system. Avoid moving established plants because of the deep root.
Purple Prairie Clover does not like wet feet or heavy, poorly drained soil. It is an excellent choice for dry, sunny native gardens and prairie plantings and is very drought tolerant once established, due to its long root system. Avoid moving established plants because of the deep root.
Plant Location
Distribution according to VASCAN
Ephemeral
Native
Introduced
Excluded
Extirpated
Doubtful
Absent
Canadensis
Thrives in Ecozones
- Maritime du Pacifique
- Plaines à forêts mixtes
Ecological Benefits
Butterflies Supported by Dalea purpurea
No butterfly data available for this plant.
Specialized Bees Supported by Dalea purpurea
No bee data available for this plant.
Complementary Plants
- No complementary plants found.
Substitute For Non-Native Plants
- Lamium (Dead nettle)
- Ajuga reptans (Bugleweed)
- Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
- Phlox subulata (Moss Phlox)
- Glechoma hederacea (Creeping Charlie)
Sowing Information
Download Seed Envelope Labels (PDF)
- Sowing depth: Couvrir très légèrement
- Sow anytime
- Stratification duration: 0 days
- Self-seeding
- Notes: Can be sown in late spring in warm soil. Scarify if not hulled.
Harvesting and Seed Sharing
- Harvest start month: August
- Harvesting indicator:
- Seeds easily fall off when you gently pull them off
- Harvesting:
- Secouer le porte-graines dans un sac de papier
- Seed viability test:
- Pas de test requis avant le don
- Packaging measure: 1 rounded 1/8 teaspoon
- Seed storage:
- Sécher à l'air dans un sac en papier ou contenant ouvert, pour quelques jours jusqu'à sec
- Secouer de temps à autre pour prévenir la moisissure
- Cultivar: No, you can donate without knowing the source as there are only straight species
- No harvesting video available at this time.
Toxicity Notes
Inadequate information on toxicity found.