Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Dalea compacta
Dalea compacta Spreng.
Compact Prairie Clover, Purple Prairie Clover
Fabaceae (Pea Family)
USDA Symbol: DACO2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Dalea compacta
Purple Prairie Clover
Fabaceae
Location: N side of Canyon Lake along Hwy 32, 1.6 km W of Hwy 484.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Plentiful along roadside.
Description: Perennial, branched at base. Stems erect, glabrous. Flowers are light purple to rose and formed in dense terminal spikes, 18-37 mm long by 12 mm wide.
County: Comal
Collector: Mary Beth White
Collection Date: Jun 29, 1993
Specimen number: 155
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0440
Accession Date: Jul 26, 1993
Accession Number: 35
Annotations: SCFXC
Var. pubescens (Gray) Barneby
[=D. helleri Shinners, Petalostemon pulcherrimum (Heller) Heller]
Harry Cliffe, Sep 9, 1994