Purple Prairie Clover - Dalea purpurea
Above: Purple Prairie Clover next to the UW Arboretum Visitors Center parking lot in Madison, Wisconsin. (7/10/20).
Purple Prairie Clover - Dalea purpurea/Petalostemum purpureum
Purple Prairie Clover is a native plant that grows in full sun in prairies and meadows. It grows from 1' to 3' in height.
Purple Prairie Clover inflorescence (the complete flower head of a plant including stems, stalks, bracts, and flowers) is up to 2 1/2" long.
The purple, 5-parted flowers bloom on a dense spike from the bottom upward.
Purple Prairie Clover blooms from June through August.
Above: Purple Prairie Clover next to the UW Arboretum Visitors Center parking lot in Madison, Wisconsin. (7/10/20).
For more information on the Purple Prairie Clover, visit Wikipedia.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin State Herbarium website page about Purple Prairie Clover - Dalea purpurea.
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
Above: Purple Prairie Clover next to the UW Arboretum Visitors Center parking lot in Madison, Wisconsin. (7/4/20).
Above: Purple Prairie Clover specimen collected near Plateville, WI. (9/18/1962).
Above: 1919 Purple Prairie Clover illustration by Mary Vaux Walcott. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist.
