Fabaceae

Purple prairie clover

Dalea purpurea Vent.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Dalea

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Common names

By language (4)

Arabic: برسيم البراري الأرجواني, البرسيم البري الأرجواني
Chinese: 松果苜蓿, 紫瓣蕊豆, 紫色达利菊, 草原紫苜蓿
chy: Tóhtoo'éotá'tavö'êstse
English: Purple prairie clover

Synonyms

Kuhnistera purpurea (Vent.) MacMill.
Kuhnistera violacea Kuntze
Petalostemon purpureus (Vent.) Rydb.
Petalostemon purpureus var. pubescens (A.Nelson) H.D.Harr.
Petalostemon purpureus var. purpureus
Petalostemon violaceum Michx.
Psoralea purpurea (Vent.) MacMill.
Psoralea purpurea (Vent.) Poir.
Psoralea purpurea (Vent.) MacMillan

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.