| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
| Plant Height: | 12 to 36 inches (30-90cm) |
| Plant Spread: | 12 to 18 inches (30-45cm) |
| Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Fragrant |
| Fruit: | Edible to birds |
| Fruiting Time: | Fall |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Purple |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Dried Flower Will Naturalize Suitable for forage |
| Edible Parts: | Fruit |
| Dynamic Accumulator: | Nitrogen fixer |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies |
| Resistances: | Drought tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Scarify seeds: Hulls must be removed. Other info: Needs no stratification. |
| Pollinators: | Hoverflies Wasps Beetles Moths and Butterflies Flies Bumblebees Bees |
| Chillybean | On August 25, 2015 | Bloomed |
| flaflwrgrl | On November 1, 2015 | Seeds sown West field closest to house. |
| MrsBinWY | On September 28, 2019 | Transplanted on 9-28-2019: 3 in the front bed where the new water line went through; on 10-5-2019: 4 between 'Pearl Lorraine' Asiatic Lily and 'Casa Blanca' Oriental Lily |
| MrsBinWY | On July 15, 2019 | Potted up On 7-15-2019, potted up 14 seedlings. |
| MrsBinWY | On March 24, 2019 | Seeds germinated 4; 13 on 3-26-19 |
| MrsBinWY | On March 22, 2019 | Seeds sown 16 seeds & inoculant from Prairie Moon in milk jug @ room temp |
| MrsBinWY | On June 16, 2018 | Transplanted Planted 6 out. |
| MrsBinWY | On March 2, 2018 | Seeds germinated 1 |
| MrsBinWY | On February 25, 2018 | Seeds sown 16 seeds from molanic; room temp |
| MrsBinWY | On June 7, 2017 | Potted up 2 |
| MrsBinWY | On March 21, 2017 | Seeds germinated 1 showing |
| MrsBinWY | On March 11, 2017 | Seeds sown milk jug, room temp, 16 seeds from molanic |
| MrsBinWY | On March 11, 2017 | Potted up 1 |
| MrsBinWY | On February 1, 2017 | Seeds germinated |
| MrsBinWY | On January 28, 2017 | Seeds sown Milk jug, warm room temp, seeds from treehugger, ~3 |
| lovesblooms | On March 3, 2018 | Seeds sown winter sown |
| jhugart | On May 16, 2020 | Plant emerged Noticed leaves on the second Purple Prairie Clover I put in the ground last year. I thought they were both lost, but new leaves have emerged on the second plant. The first had leaves earlier this month. |
| jhugart | On May 5, 2020 | Plant emerged Noticed new leaves today on one plant. No indication that the other plant survived. |
| jhugart | On June 17, 2019 | Transplanted It wasn't in the ground yesterday, but was tomorrow, according to pictures. |
| jhugart | On June 15, 2019 | Obtained plant Not exactly sure, but they went into the ground by the 18th. |
| dnrevel | On June 13, 2022 | Transplanted As of July 24, don't know if it will make it. Slow to start, very small plants as of July, and something got in the fenced in space & is nibbling them. |
| dnrevel | On April 25, 2022 | Seeds germinated New seedlings showing. |
| dnrevel | On March 12, 2022 | Seeds sown Sown in WS jug. |
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