PURPLE PRAIRIE CLOVER SEED
Summary
Purple prairie clover is a native warm-season perennial legume adapted to all but the eastern tier and western tier states of the United States. Purple prairie clover is a very desirable component of warm-season grass plantings. It is readily grazed by all classes of livestock and is an important food source for upland game birds. It is most abundant in upland sites in sand prairies, hill prairies, and gravel-hill prairies. Purple prairie clover has very showy cylindrical flowers and narrow slender leaves making it a very attractive and non-invasive ornamental plant for the gardens or wildflower plantings.
Plant Characteristics
Taxonomy
Zone
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
- 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Plant Characteristics
- Height
- 12" - 36"
- Bloom Period
- Early-Summer
- Bloom Color
- Purple
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Growing Cycle
- Perennial
- Sun Requirement
- Full Sun
Plant Information
- Planting Season
- Fall - Spring
- Plant Depth
- "
- Minimum Soil Temp for Germination
- 65° F
- Establishment
- Easy
Seed Information
- Seeds Per Pound
- 300,000
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Tracheobionta
- Super Division
- Spermatophyta
- Division
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Subclass
- Asteridae
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Dalea
- Species
- Dalea purpurea
Coverage Area & Available Sizes
Applications
Attractive in mass plantings as well as in species mixes
When combined with grasses, forbs, and legumes
Notes
*Special considerations for spring germination: seed germination can be improved with mechanical scarification. Seed needs to be inoculated with Rhizobium for nitrogen fixation to occur. Germination of scarified seed generally occurs within 2 weeks after planting provided adequate soil moisture and temperature conditions are met.
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PURPLE PRAIRIE CLOVER
PurplePrairieCloverSeed
PURPLE PRAIRIE CLOVER 28 DAYS AFTER PLANTING
