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Santa Catalina prairie clover

Dalea pulchra

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 46, February 57, March 135, April 83, May 45, June 22, July 27, August 37, September 24, October 23, November 24, December 27.
Arizona843
United States382
Utah10
Mexico10
Sonora10
New Mexico1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • 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

Remember the name next time.

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