Dalea purpurea

Purple Prairie Clover

• Average to dry soils
• Full Sun to Light Shade
• 24” tall, 18” to 24” wide 
• Late Summer Blooms
• Ontario Native, Thriving in Meadow and Dry Meadow ecosystems, Nitrogen Fixing 

New to me, grown from seeds from Prairie Moon Nursery https://www.prairiemoon.com/dalea-purpurea-purple-prairie-clover-prairie-moon-nursery.html 

Reportedly a super food for the endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee, this native legume is popular with pollinators in general.

Please check out the Prairie Moon listing at the link above for more details.

Photos by Blaine Hansel, USFWS Midwest Region and USFWS Mountain-Prairie via Wikimedia Commons