Dalea purpurea

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Family:	FABACEAE
Species:	Dalea purpurea Ventenat
Common Name:	Purple Prairie Clover; Violet Prairie Clover
Habitat:	Prairies, glades, open woodlands.
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	**
Plant Notes:	Purple Prairie Clover is a native herbaceous perennial in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It is native to the Black Belt region of central Alabama and the Tennessee Valley region of north Alabama. Purple Prairie Clover occurs in prairies, in cedar glades, and in open woodlands underlain by limestone. It is a perennial with a tap root. Several erect or sprawling stems are produced from each rootstock. The stems are green in color, 4-angled, branched above the middle, and from 8-20 inches in height. The stems are inconspicuously pubescent with short, soft hairs. Leaves are alternate and odd-pinnate with 3-5 leaflets. The leaflets are linear to filiform in outline, involute or folded, and dark green in color. Flowers are produced in terminal conic to cylendric heads. Involucre bracts are absent, but interfloral bract tips are exserted and conspicuous in bud. The calyx has appressed or matted hairs covering its surface. The corolla has 5 red-purple petals. The fruit is an indehiscent legume that is enclosed in the persistent calyx. Purple Prairie Clover is available as seed or plants from some native nurseries. It prefers a well-draining basic or neutral soil in full sun. Plants are drought tolerant once established. It can be used along bed borders, in rock gardens, and in meadows or prairies. Purple Prairie Clover is similar to Gattinger's Prairie Clover (Dalea gattingeri (Heller) Barneby) and Cahaba Prairie Clover (Dalea cahaba J. Allison). Those species are more decumbent in growth form, branch below the middle, and more restricted in distribution.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	FABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus	Dalea
Species	Dalea purpurea Ventenat - Purple Prairie Clover; Violet Prairie Clover

Citation

Citation	DALEA PURPUREA Vent., Descr. Pl. Cels, Pl. 40. 1800.
Basionym:	**
Type:	**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Kuhnistera purpurea	Kuhnistera purpurea (Vent.) MacMillan, Metasp. Minn. Vall. 329. 1892.	Dalea purpurea Vent. 1800.
Petalostemon purpureus	Petalostemon purpureus (Vent.) Rydb., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 238. 1900.	Dalea purpurea Vent. 1800.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Cherokee, Colbert, Dallas, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Lawrence, Lowndes, Marengo, Morgan, Pickens, Sumter, Wilcox

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: AUA, BRIT, JSU, NY, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
JSU138641	Cherokee	08 May 1975	K. E. Landers s.n.	JSU Dalea purpurea Ventenat
BRIT54365	Wilcox	20 May 1982	Gunn, S.C. 637	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54357	Dallas	08 Jun 1973	Kral, R. 50654	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54372	Sumter	27 Jun 1970	Kral, R. 39761	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
AUA000011402	Autauga	14 JUN 1982	GUNN, SCOTT C. 685	AUA DALEA PURPUREA VENT. var. PURPUREA
BRIT54370	Colbert	13 Jun 1981	Webb, David H. 4036	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
UNA00017837	Sumter	12 Sep 1967	Joab L. Thomas 1178	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
JSU138644	Sumter	09 Jun 1968	Samuel B. Jones 15595	JSU Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UNA00017839	Colbert	20 Jun 1980	Sidney McDaniel 23961A	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
AUA000011405	Sumter	2 JUN 1981	HENDERSON, T. 118	AUA DALEA PURPUREA VENT. var. PURPUREA
BRIT54359	Autauga	14 Jun 1982	Gunn, S.C. 685	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54353	Pickens	07 Jun 1996	Kral, R. 85965	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54361	Colbert	26 Jul 1981	Kral, R. 67596	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
TROY000033783	Marengo	30 May 2010	J. Kevin England 2418	TROY Dalea purpurea Ventenat
BRIT54354	Colbert	06 Jun 1981	Webb, David H. 3973	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
UNA00017836	Sumter	11 Jun 1969	Joab L. Thomas 2189	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
JSU138643	Sumter	27 Jun 1970	R. Kral 39761	JSU Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UNA00017845	Colbert	20 Aug 1971	Sidney McDaniel 15469	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
TROY000032128	Wilcox	20 May 2010	Alvin R. Diamond 21326	TROY Dalea purpurea Ventenat
TROY000019201	Sumter	06 May 2006	Brian R. Keener 2856	TROY Dalea purpurea Ventenat
BRIT54371	Sumter	05 Jun 1971	Kral, R. 42983	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54331	Lawrence	20 Jul 1968	Kral, R. 31717	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54369	Sumter	05 Jun 1970	Roger, Ken E. 3375	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
TROY000046565	Autauga	08 Jun 2017	Matthew R. Parker 913	TROY Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UWAL0047143	Autauga	26 May 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 880	UWAL Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UNA00017844	Greene	15 May 1965	H. Naugle G 10	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
UNA00017843	Greene	19 Jun 1954	Roland M. Harper 4300	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
UNA00008892	Autauga	14 Jun 1982	S. C. Gunn 685	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
UWAL0034627	Pickens	07 Jun 1996	Kral, R. 85965	UWAL Dalea purpurea Vent.
UNA00066755	Sumter	6 May 2006	Brian R. Keener 2856	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
UWAL0001981	Wilcox	20 May 2010	Diamond, A.R. 21326	UWAL Dalea purpurea Vent.
UWAL0006826	Sumter	20 May 1998	White, James E. B-134	UWAL Dalea purpurea Vent.
BRIT54350	Sumter	11 Jun 1970	Gonsoulin, G. 1369	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54352	Marengo	06 Jun 1968	Kral, R. 31221	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54356	Dallas	21 May 1993	Kral, R. 82395	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54333	Marengo	18 spt 1968	Thomas, Joab L. 1717	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
TROY000019198	Colbert	26 Jul 1981	Robert Kral 67596	TROY Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UNA00057767	Hale	19 Jul 1992	James R. Allison 6902	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
JSU138645	Sumter	03 Jun 1970	R. Kral 39648	JSU Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UNA00008816	Wilcox	20 May 1982	S. C. Gunn 637	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
UWAL0046951	Autauga	08 Jun 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 913	UWAL Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UNA00064935	Sumter	6 May 2006	Brian R. Keener 2856	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
TROY000019200	Sumter	01 Jul 2002	Brian R. Keener 2237	TROY Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UWAL0006827	Sumter	25 Jun 1998	White, James E. B-139	UWAL Dalea purpurea Vent.
UWAL0037617	Dallas	22 May 1996	Sorrie, B.A. 8828	UWAL Dalea purpurea Ventenat
BRIT54366	Greene	05 Jun 1968	Kral, R. 31076	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54362	Greene	18 May 1973	Kral, R. 50079	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54329	Greene	13 Jun 1967	McDaniel, Sidney 9244	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
UWAL0006823	Pickens	30 Jun 2007	Keener, Brian R. 3736	UWAL Dalea purpurea Vent.
SAMF0002975	Dallas	13 May 2015	Davenport, L. J. 5729	SAMF Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UNA00017838	Autauga	_ Jul 1872	Eugene A. Smith s.n.	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
UNA00008897	Sumter	5 Jun 1971	R. Kral 42983	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
UWAL0006825	Sumter	10 Jul 2006	Keener, Brian R. 3212	UWAL Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea
UNA00067085	Pickens	30 Jun 2007	Brian R. Keener 3736	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
UWAL0019427	Dallas	21 May 1993	Kral, R. 82395	UWAL Dalea purpurea Vent.
UWAL0002690	Marengo	30 May 2010	England, J. Kevin 2418	UWAL Dalea purpurea Ventenat
BRIT54368	Franklin	27 Jun 1981	Webb, David H. 4061	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54334	Sumter	09 Jun 1968	Jones, Samuel B. 15595	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54332	Sumter	13 Jul 1969	Kral, R. 35506	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54355	Colbert	04 Jul 1980	McDaniel, Sidney 24045	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
UWAL0018554	Lowndes	10 Jun 1996	Kral, R. 86032	UWAL Dalea purpurea Vent.
TROY000019202	Sumter	10 Jul 2006	Brian R. Keener 3212	TROY Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UNA00017842	Dallas	18 Jun 1969	Joab L. Thomas 2216	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
UWAL0017359	Franklin	11 Jul 2009	England, J. Kevin 2091	UWAL Dalea purpurea Ventenat
SAMF0000724	Sumter	22 May 2012	Davenport, L. J. 5201	SAMF Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UNA00066934	Sumter	10 Jul 2006	Brian R. Keener 3212	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea
UWAL0014424	Colbert	26 Jun 2014	England, J. Kevin 4975	UWAL Dalea purpurea Ventenat
JSU138642	Morgan	27 Jun 1996	R. D. Whetstone 17880	JSU Dalea purpurea Ventenat
BRIT54360	Sumter	09 Jun 1968	Jones, Samuel B. 15595	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54351	Dallas	10 Jun 1996	Kral, R. 86032	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54358	Marengo	28 Jun 1970	Kral, R. 39831	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
AUA000011406	Wilcox	20 MAY 1982	GUNN, SCOTT C. 637	AUA DALEA PURPUREA VENT. var. PURPUREA
BRIT54330	Lawrence	21 Jul 1984	Webb, David H. 5015	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
TROY000043020	Lawrence	15 Jul 2014	J. Kevin England 5096	TROY Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UNA00017841	Marengo	18 Jun 1968	Joab L. Thomas 1717	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
NY01277534	Wilcox	Jul 1840	Samuel B. Buckley s.n.	NY Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
UNA00017840	Colbert	4 Jul 1980	Sidney McDaniel 24045	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
UNA00058132	Sumter	1 Jul 2002	Brian R. Keener 2237	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
AUA000011404	Sumter	6 MAY 2006	KEENER, BRIAN R. 2856	AUA DALEA PURPUREA VENT. var. PURPUREA
TROY000019199	Pickens	30 Jun 2007	Brian R. Keener 3736	TROY Dalea purpurea Ventenat
BRIT54335	Sumter	03 Jun 1970	Kral, R. 39648	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54367	Pickens	13 Jul 1969	Kral, R. 35511	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
BRIT54363	Franklin	04 Jul 1980	McDaniel, Sidney 24051	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
UWAL0006822	Greene	27 May 2008	Keener, Brian R. 4523	UWAL Dalea purpurea Vent.
BRIT54364	Colbert	27 Jun 1981	Webb, David H. 4101	BRIT Dalea purpurea Ventenat var. purpurea
UNA00017846	Marengo	28 Jun 1970	R. Kral 39831	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
UWAL0017242	Lawrence	15 Jul 2014	England, J. Kevin 5096	UWAL Dalea purpurea Ventenat
UWAL0006824	Sumter	06 May 2006	Keener, Brian R. 2856	UWAL Dalea purpurea Vent.
UNA00068679	Greene	27 May 2008	Brian R. Keener 4523	UNA Dalea purpurea Vent.
AUA000011403	Sumter	19 MAY 1978	MASON, HUGH 130	AUA DALEA PURPUREA VENT. var. PURPUREA
TROY000014722	Greene	27 May 2008	Brian R. Keener 4523	TROY Dalea purpurea Ventenat

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Data last modified: 1/15/2021

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Citation Information:

Keener, B. R., A.R. Diamond, L. J. Davenport, P. G. Davison, S. L. Ginzbarg, C. J. Hansen, C. S. Major, D. D. Spaulding, J. K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2021. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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