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Soft Prairie Clover
( Dalea mollissima )
Dalea mollissima
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About Soft Prairie Clover (Dalea mollissima)
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Dalea mollis
sima is a desert wildflower plant in the legume family (Fabaceae), with the common names soft prairie clover, downy dalea, and silk dalea. :86 The plant is native to the Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, and desert chaparral in adjacent mountains. It is found in California, northeastern Baja California, western Arizona, and southern Nevada. It grows on desert flats and in washes, under 900 metres (3,000 ft) in elevation.
Dalea mollis
sima is a small, mat-forming annual or perennial herbaceous plant . Its leaves are made up of several pairs of oval-shaped fuzz-covered leaflets. The foliage is similar to
Dalea mollis
, but is covered with thinner, downier hairs. It bears fluffy inflorescences of pea-like flowers in white or lavender. Its bloom period is March to May. The fruit is a single-seeded legume pod.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Size
0.16 - 1.2 ft tall
Flower Color
White, Lavender
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 2
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Southern Dogface
Zerene cesonia
Zerene cesonia
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Hemileuca burnsi
Hemileuca burnsi
Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 2.1" - 23.3", Summer Precipitation: 0.26" - 2.58", Coldest Month: 29.0" - 64.0", Hottest Month: 53.3" - 90.1", Humidity: 2.45" - 49.04", Elevation: -224" - 8181"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Downy Dalea, Hairy Dalea, Silk Dalea
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Dalea mollissima
Sources include:
Wikipedia
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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