Silky Prairie Clover
Dalea villosa
Silvery, silk-haired prairie clover that sprawls across open sand, its soft rose-purple spikes alive with bees. A sand-stabilizing, nitrogen-fixing legume.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- foundation, groundcover, container, erosion control
- Native states
- AR, CO, IA, KS, LA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WI, WY
Related native plants
More Dalea species
- Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
- White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida)
- Feather Dalea (Dalea formosa)
- Black Dalea (Dalea frutescens)
- Trailing Indigo Bush (Dalea greggii)