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black prairie clover

Dalea frutescens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 82, February 78, March 89, April 169, May 104, June 50, July 45, August 47, September 139, October 180, November 77, December 75.
United States1,043
Texas930
New Mexico54
Oklahoma44
Utah13
Mexico3
Arizona2
Coahuila de Zaragoza2
Oaxaca1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusprairie clovers · Dalea

Sources

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Practise black prairie clover with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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