General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 12 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Purple
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Culinary Herb
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Gattinger's Prairie Clover
  • Purple Tassels

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Darrel Hess /  http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/hessd/e5242

Darrel Hess /  http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/hessd/e5242

Date: 2003-05-20
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2003-05-20
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2003-05-20
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Nov 27, 2013 7:05 AM concerning plant:
    The growing range for this wildflower extends from Tennessee to N.W. Alabama.

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