Dalea purpurea

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,793 meters (0 to 9,163 feet).[1]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Dalea violacea (Michx.)willd. • Kuhnistera purpurea (Vent.) Macmill. • Kuhnistera violacea (Vent.)steud. • Petalostemon pubescens (A. Gray)a. Nelson • Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.) Rydb. • Petalostemon purpureum (Vent.)rydb. • Petalostemon purpureum var. mollis (Rydb.)a. Nelson • Petalostemon purpureum var. pubescens (A. Gray)h. D. Harr. • Petalostemon standleyanus Rydb. • Petalostemon violaceum Michx. • Petalostemon violaceum var. pubescens A. Gray • Petalostemum purpureum (Vent.) Rydb. • Psoralea purpurea (Vent.) Macmillan • Psoralea purpurea (Vent.) Poir. • Psoralea purpurea (Vent.)macmill.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Dalea

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 85 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

D. adenopoda (Tampa Prairie Clover) · D. albiflora (Scurfy Prairie Clover) · D. aurea (Golden Dalea) · D. bartonii (Cox's Dalea) · D. bicolor (Baja Dalea) · D. bicolor var. argyrea (Silver Dalea) · D. bicolor var. canescens (Silver Prairie-Clover) · D. bicolor var. naviculifolia (Silver Prairie-Clover) · D. brachystachya (Fort Bowie Prairie Clover) · D. candida (White Prairie Clover) · D. candida var. oligophylla (White Prairie Clover) · D. carnea (Hammock Prairie-Clover) · D. carnea var. albida (White-Tassels) · D. carnea var. carnea (Whitetassels) · D. carnea var. gracilis (White-Tassels) · D. carthagenensis (Cartagena Prairie Clover) · D. carthagenensis var. carthagenensis (Cartagena Prairie Clover) · D. carthagenensis var. floridana (Florida Prairie Clover) · D. carthagenensis var. portoricana (Puerto Rico Prairie Clover) · D. coerulea (Clover) · D. compacta (Compact Prairie Clover) · D. compacta var. pubescens (Compact Prairie Clover) · D. cylindriceps (Andean Prairie Clover) · D. emarginata (Wedge-Leaf Prairie Clover) · D. enneandra (Bigtop Dalea) · D. exigua (Chihuahua Prairie-Clover) · D. exserta (Mexican Prairie Clover) · D. feayi (Feay's Prairie Clover) · D. filiformis (Sonoran Prairie Clover) · D. flavescens (Canyonlands Prairie Clover) · D. foliosa (Leafy Prairie Clover) · D. formosa (Feather Dalea) · D. frutescens (Black Dalea) · D. gattingeri (Gattinger Prairie-Clover) · D. grayi (Gray's Prairie-Clover) · D. greggii (Gregg Dalea) · D. hallii (Hall's Prairie Clover) · D. jamesii (James Dalea) · D. lachnostachys (Gland-Leaf Prairie-Clover) · D. lanata (Woolly Prairie Clover) · D. lanata var. terminalis (Woolly Prairie Clover) · D. laniceps (Woolly-Head Prairie-Clover) · D. lasiathera (Purple Dalea) · D. leporina (Fox-Tail Prairie-Clover) · D. lumholtzii (Lumholtz Dalea) · D. mollis (Hairy Prairie Clover) · D. mollissima (Downy Dalea) · D. multiflora (Round-Head Prairie-Clover) · D. nana (Dwarf Dalea) · D. nana var. carnescens (Dwarf Prairie Clover) · D. neomexicana (Downy Prairie Clover) · D. neomexicana var. longipila (Downy Prairie Clover) · D. neomexicana var. neomexicana (Downy Prairie Clover) · D. obovata (Pussyfoot) · D. ornata (Blue Mountain Prairie Clover) · D. phleoides (Slim-Spike Prairie-Clover) · D. phleoides var. microphylla (Slimspike Prairie Clover) · D. pinnata (Summer Farewell) · D. pinnata var. pinnata (Summer Farewell) · D. pinnata var. trifoliata (Summer Farewell) · D. pogonathera (Bearded Dalea) · D. pogonathera var. pogonathera (Bearded Dalea) · D. pogonathera var. walkerae (Walker Prairie Clover) · D. polygonoides (Six-Weeks Prairie-Clover) · D. pringlei (Pringle Dalea) · D. pulchra (Indigo Bush) · D. purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover) · D. purpurea var. arenicola (Purple Prairie Clover) · D. purpurea 'Stephanie' (Purple Prairie Clover) · D. reverchonii (Comanche Peak Prairie Clover) · D. sabinalis (Sabinal Prairie Clover) · D. scandens (Low Prairie Clover) · D. scandens var. paucifolia (Low Prairie Clover) · D. scariosa (Albuquerque Prairie Clover) · D. searlsiae (Searle's Prairieclover) · D. tentaculoides (Gentry's Indigobush) · D. tenuifolia (Bigtop Dalea) · D. tenuis (Pink-Globe Prairie Clover) · D. urceolata (Pine Forest Dalea) · D. versicolor (Oakwoods Dalea) · D. versicolor var. sessilis (Mountian Delight) · D. versicolor versicolor (Oakwoods Prairie Clover) · D. villosa (Silky Prairie Clover) · D. villosa var. grisea (Silky Prairie Clover) · D. wrightii (Wright Dalea)

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Further Reading

• A preliminary classification of the plant communities of northeastern Montana / Robert L. DeVelice [et al.]. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1991. url , , , , , , , , , , , .
• An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian / by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Hon. Addison Brown. New York: Scribner, 1913. url p. 370.
• Annotated list of the ferns and flowering plants of New York state, by Homer D. House. Albany, The University of the state of New York, 1924. url p. 444.
• Atlas of the rare vascular plants of Ontario / Ottawa: Botany Division, National Museum of Natural Sciences = Division de la botanique, Musée national des sciences naturelles, 1982-1987. url .
• Bartonia;proceedings of the Philadelphia botanical club. .. 62 2004 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Botanical Club, Academy of Natural Sciences. url p. 74.
• Bibliographical index to North American botany; or, Citations of authorities for all the recorded indigenous and naturalized species of the flora of North America, with a chronological arrangement of the synonymy. by Sereno Watson. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1878. url p. 249.
• Biological survey of a prairie landscape in Montana's glaciated plains: final report / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program: 2001. url , , .
• Botanical survey of Nebraska. Conducted by the Botanical Seminar. I-VII. Lincoln, Neb., 1892-1904. url .
• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 131.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 3 1892-1896 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 153, p. 355, p. 491, p. 543.
• Desirables and weeds for roadside management: a northern Rocky Mountain catalogue / [Helena]: Available through the National Technical Information Service, 1997] url , , .
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 127, p. 320.
• Erigenia: journal of the Illinois Native Plant Society. Carbondale, Ill.: The Society, 1982- url , p. 35, p. 4, p. 48, p. 51, p. 51, p. 59, p. 6.
• Flora of New Mexico / by E.O. Wooton and Paul C. Standley. Washington: G.P.O., 1915. url p. 355.
• Flora of New Mexico. By E.O. Wooton and Paul C. Standley. WashingtonGovt. Print. Off.1915 url p. 355.
• Flora of the Black Hills of South Dakota. By P.A. Rydberg. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1896. url p. 491.
• Illinois River Bluffs area assessment / Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, [and the] State Geological Survey Division. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 1998- url p. 167, p. 178.
• Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. Lexington, KY: The Academy, 1998- url p. 119, p. 119, p. 179, p. 179.
• List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta growing without cultivation in northeastern North America. Prepared by a Committee of the Botanical Club, American Association for the Advancement of Science. New York, 1894. url p. 197.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 102, p. 22, p. 29, p. 39, p. 467, p. 67.
• Plant life of Alabama, an account of the distribution, modes of association, and adaptations of the flora of Alabama, together with a systematic catalogue of the plants growing in the state. By Charles Mohr. .. Montgomery, Ala., Brown printing co., 1901. url p. 565.
• Plant life of Alabama. An account of the distribution, modes of association, and adaptations of the flora of Alabama, together with a systematic catalogue of the plants growing in the state. Prepared in cooperationwith the Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1901. url .
• Plant life of Alabama: an account of the distribution, modes of association, and adaptations of the flora of Alabama, together with a systematic catalogue of the plants growing in the state / by Charles Mohr. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing Co., 1901. url p. 565.
• Plant species of concern and plant associations of Powder River county, Montana / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c2002. url , .
• Plant species of special concern and plant associations of Sheridan County, Montana / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, 2000. url , , .
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 444.
• Rare plant inventory of the outstanding natural areas of the Rocky Mountain Front / prepared for United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management; prepared by Lisa Ann Schassberger. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1988] url p. 25.
• Rock River area assessment / Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, Natural History Survey Division, in conjunction with State Geological Survey Division. Springfield, IL: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 1996- url p. 125, p. 20, p. 70, p. 73, p. 75, p. 77.
• Sensitive plant species survey, Ashland District, Custer National Forest, Powder River and Rosebud Counties, Montana / by Bonnie L. Heidel and Hollis Marriott; for Custer National Forest. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1996] url .
• Sensitive plant species survey, Garfield and McCone Counties, Montana / prepared by Bonnie L. Heidel; prepared for Bureau of Land Management. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1994] url .
• Sensitive plant survey in the Sioux District, Custer National Forest, Carter County, Montana, and Harding County, South Dakota / prepared by Bonnie L. Heidel and Keith H. Dueholm; prepared for Custer National Forest. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1995. url p. 33.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 15 1878 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 249.
• The American midland naturalist. Notre Dame, Ind., University of Notre Dame. url p. 424.
• The Asa Gray bulletin. 2 1953 Ann Arbor, Mich. url p. 373, p. 377.
• The Leguminosae of Illinois. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1953. url p. 45.
• The Metaspermae of the Minnesota Valley: a list of the higher seed-producing plants indigenous to the drainage-basin of the Minnesota River / by Conway MacMillan. Minneapolis: Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, 1892. url p. 329.
• The Metaspermae of the Minnesota valley; a list of the higher seed-producing plants indigenous to the drainage-basin of the Minnesota river. Minneapolis[Harrison & Smith, State Printers]1892 url p. 329.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 39 1958 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 135.
• The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States a Illustrated with colored plates, four thousand engravings in the text, and ninety-six full-page cuts. New York, Macmillan, 1919 [c1914] url p. 2561.
• Torrey, J. & A. Gray A flora of North America: containing abridged descriptions of all the known indigenous and naturalized plants growing north of Mexico, arranged according to the natural system /by John Torrey and Asa Gray. 1 1838-1840 New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1838-[1843]. url p. 311.
• Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 15.

Notes

Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 22, 2007:

• Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
• US National Plant Germplasm System, United States National Plant Germplasm System Collection
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium
• Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650899
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-10006
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13640092
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76326-2
• GRIN Nomen Number: 310911
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26642
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB1A1D0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: DAPUA
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 34387

Footnotes

1. Mean = 521.400 meters (1,710.630 feet), Standard Deviation = 475.450 based on 829 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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